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New Unlicensed "OC" Bill HB 1911 Filed in Texas House

TXOC16

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Texas State Representative James White (R-Hillister), who I am sure is an otherwise well-meaning individual, has filed in the Texas House HB 1911 (how cute).

Having only briefly scanned through this bill, it clearly has a number of obvious Constitutional defects, not the least of which is the codification of the (non-existent) authority of a LEO to demand identification from anyone merely openly carrying a firearm (see Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY IDENTIFICATION AND HANDGUN LICENSE), whereas current LTC law provides only for the requirement that licensees produce said ID, with no penalty for the failure to do so. This is, clearly, the exact opposite direction in which we should be heading.

As it stands right now, Jonathan Stickland's Bill, which has been referred to the Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, appears to be a far better move towards the restoration of Second Amendment rights in Texas.

Carry on.
 

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Demanding to see ID because a person is openly carrying, is the same as to demand that he/she pull over to check their ID, simply because they are driving in their car. It won't stand up.

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stealthyeliminator

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Pathetic. Not only has legislation passed barring (how effectively, IDK) prosecution or penalty under 411.205 (I really don't know why it wasn't outright repealed, but I suspect it is some obscure technical reason rather than any attempt to leave 411.205 with any weight), but with these "updates" he's actually moving it even further into unconstitutional territory. A person would not even be required to HAVE a drivers license on him while OCing! Yet he can be obligated to show it? We've had this debate before... Alas...

And the analogy above is a good one to consider, it would be akin to checking drivers license based solely on the sight of someone driving, and that act has already been deemed unconstitutional. Interestingly, Texas still has law on the books supposedly giving LEOs the authority to do this. Supposedly veteran LEOs have been observed advising rookie LEOs to never make a stop based on this troublesome portion of Texas transportation code, lest they be put through the legal ringer and sued for their worth. Likewise, 411.205 was obviously unconstitutional, and was "broken", but remnants left on the books. Now he wants to not only somehow "revive" this dead and unenforceable piece of code, but he wants to make it even worse and more unconstitutional? What is wrong with him?
 

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Pathetic. Not only has legislation passed barring (how effectively, IDK) prosecution or penalty under 411.205 (I really don't know why it wasn't outright repealed, but I suspect it is some obscure technical reason rather than any attempt to leave 411.205 with any weight), but with these "updates" he's actually moving it even further into unconstitutional territory. A person would not even be required to HAVE a drivers license on him while OCing! Yet he can be obligated to show it? We've had this debate before... Alas...

And the analogy above is a good one to consider, it would be akin to checking drivers license based solely on the sight of someone driving, and that act has already been deemed unconstitutional. Interestingly, Texas still has law on the books supposedly giving LEOs the authority to do this. Supposedly veteran LEOs have been observed advising rookie LEOs to never make a stop based on this troublesome portion of Texas transportation code, lest they be put through the legal ringer and sued for their worth. Likewise, 411.205 was obviously unconstitutional, and was "broken", but remnants left on the books. Now he wants to not only somehow "revive" this dead and unenforceable piece of code, but he wants to make it even worse and more unconstitutional? What is wrong with him?


from afar...hummmm...

ipse
 

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Umm... I didn't notice this as I hadn't read the bill thoroughly, but, does everyone realize that this bill would only apply to individuals who meet qualifications 1 thru 12 of the LTC qualifications under Government Code 411.172? This bill is a bad joke! I wonder if the gun-rights advocates who concocted this bill realize that they just spat in the face of all the others. And I doubt they'd care if they did realize it. (Egos and things.)

Go to www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/85R/billtext/html/HB01911I.htm and then do a text search for "meets the" to see the section of HB1911 to which I am referring.

Then see http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm#411.172 to see the criteria to which the above is referring.
 
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