Robocop
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I am a little behind on some current events. What is the status of Open Carry efforts in Texas?
I am a little behind on some current events. What is the status of Open Carry efforts in Texas?
I hope we get the "ball rolling" as soon as possible well in advance so that we can make sure to get the open carry message spread across Texas. It felt like we were so close last session. We just need to stay on top of our reps and demand that someone introduce the open carry bill.It is pretty much stalled right now. The legislature only meets in odd numbered years. Hopefully as we get closer to 2011 the ball will start rolling again.
While you are rolling your ball in one direction, you'll probably pass all of their's rolling the other.I hope we get the "ball rolling" as soon as possible
Then maybe we need to start with TSRA... maybe they need to get a ton of phone calls and letters. Maybe some gun owners protesting outside their HQ would help. I wouldn't think it would be good to have lawful gun owners protesting a gun association. Then you would just need about a dozen people to call a local news station and report gun owners protesting TSRA. If you could get even 30 seconds worth of coverage, or even an article in a local paper about it, seems like TSRA would have to start to pay attention. Just a thought...TSRA will not endorse it, nor will NRA. Until one or both endorse open carry in Texas,it will not even be considered.
While you may be correct in thinking that we need to protest TSRA. What I meant by not endorsing it was that Alice Tripp was openly hostile to the idea. Probably because it was NOT TSRA's idea. You know how that works.rodbender wrote:Then maybe we need to start with TSRA... maybe they need to get a ton of phone calls and letters. Maybe some gun owners protesting outside their HQ would help. I wouldn't think it would be good to have lawful gun owners protesting a gun association. Then you would just need about a dozen people to call a local news station and report gun owners protesting TSRA. If you could get even 30 seconds worth of coverage, or even an article in a local paper about it, seems like TSRA would have to start to pay attention. Just a thought...TSRA will not endorse it, nor will NRA. Until one or both endorse open carry in Texas,it will not even be considered.
You mean .....the right to keep and BEAR ARMS wasn't TSRA's idea?Blinn79 wrote:While you may be correct in thinking that we need to protest TSRA. What I meant by not endorsing it was that Alice Tripp was openly hostile to the idea. Probably because it was NOT TSRA's idea. You know how that works.rodbender wrote:Then maybe we need to start with TSRA... maybe they need to get a ton of phone calls and letters. Maybe some gun owners protesting outside their HQ would help. I wouldn't think it would be good to have lawful gun owners protesting a gun association. Then you would just need about a dozen people to call a local news station and report gun owners protesting TSRA. If you could get even 30 seconds worth of coverage, or even an article in a local paper about it, seems like TSRA would have to start to pay attention. Just a thought...TSRA will not endorse it, nor will NRA. Until one or both endorse open carry in Texas,it will not even be considered.
Oh, good grief.rodbender wrote:You mean .....the right to keep and BEAR ARMS wasn't TSRA's idea?Blinn79 wrote:While you may be correct in thinking that we need to protest TSRA. What I meant by not endorsing it was that Alice Tripp was openly hostile to the idea. Probably because it was NOT TSRA's idea. You know how that works.rodbender wrote:Then maybe we need to start with TSRA... maybe they need to get a ton of phone calls and letters. Maybe some gun owners protesting outside their HQ would help. I wouldn't think it would be good to have lawful gun owners protesting a gun association. Then you would just need about a dozen people to call a local news station and report gun owners protesting TSRA. If you could get even 30 seconds worth of coverage, or even an article in a local paper about it, seems like TSRA would have to start to pay attention. Just a thought...TSRA will not endorse it, nor will NRA. Until one or both endorse open carry in Texas,it will not even be considered.
More of us need to join TSRA and push this. What a constituancy wants matters.
Keep kicking this link around to friends and family too.
http://www.petitiononline.com/texasoc/petition.html