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Texas Open Carry Bill Stalls Again Due to Political Pressure

Chairman Phillips told Breitbart Texas that Wednesday’s vote was not a vote against the open carry bill, but simply that members want to take the time to explore other options on resolving the concerns of law enforcement.

“We are going to work hard to get this bill passed,” Phillips said in a phone interview. “There is still a strong commitment from those who voted yes in April.”

Phillips said that if the Senate does not appoint their conference members or if the conference cannot reach a timely resolution that would allow the Senate and the House to approve the conference report, the House can discharge the conference committee and bring the bill back for another concurrence vote.

“I feel certain we have to votes to pass it when it comes back,” Phillips stated.

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Another ridiculous notion uttered on the floor today was that more time is needed for LEO training to handle Open Carry. More time? HB910 wouldn't be effective until January 1st. In the private sector you would get fired if you told your boss you needed (more than) 6 months of training for something so simple.

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Srnewby wrote:Lt. Gov. Patrick needs to get the Senate conferees appointed asap so the conference committee can get to work!

When can this actually happen? Does Patrick first need to wait for a report to get sent over by the House? Will that happen today or tomorrow?

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Charles L. Cotton wrote:No, you made an absurd statement about universal background checks being the will of law enforcement.

Even if for the sake of argument the majority of Texas LEOs don't support universal background checks today (I haven't seen any polling on the subject), that could very well change tomorrow (as more Acevedos move here). In any case, my point remains: Texas Republicans should prioritize the Bill of Rights over the wishes of law enforcement.

Don't get me wrong, though: blame belongs with Huffines et al.

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Charles L. Cotton wrote:
v7a wrote:Presumably Republicans will be passing universal background checks next session. Because not to do so would be a slap in the face of law enforcement.
Now that's really helpful. Sincerely, thank you so much.

Deferring to the wishes of law enforcement is the cause of many of California's anti-gun laws (which passed with LEO support after LEO were exempted from the laws, such as the "Safe Handgun Roster" and ban on >10rd magazines). I'm simply suggesting it's not a good idea for Texas Republicans to be so willing to defer to law enforcement.

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Overthehill wrote:Well the House voted for it before they voted against it. Sound familiar?

The media coverup is already under way. Apparently the House never passed the amendment in the first place:

House and Senate Will Hash Out Open Carry Differences

"I’m not willing to give up my liberty in order for the police to go catch some criminal," said Dutton, who unsuccessfully proposed the amendment when the bill first came up in the House. He gave a fiery speech on Wednesday in favor of keeping the language, which had been added in the Senate by Republican Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas.

They're pretending the House had to reject the bill because the naughty Senate added something nasty to it.

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pt145ss wrote:So... Is it dead or not. When will they "confer" on it?

Patrick needs to appoint Senate members to the conference committee.

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Presumably Republicans will be passing universal background checks next session. Because not to do so would be a slap in the face of law enforcement.

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J.R.@A&M wrote:Perhaps, but there is still time to 1) ask Patrick to expedite the concurrence process, 2) ask Straus and Patrick to appoint supportive conferees, and 3) push for the conclusion that we want, and 4) lobby the Governor's office for adding campus carry to any special session call. None of that may be enough, but it can't hurt.

I agree there's still (faint) hope. Does anyone have details on the exact timeline for conference process? For instance, does the bill go back to Senate today (so Senate could have concurrence vote today), or does that not happen until tomorrow?

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Teamless wrote:and if dead, why? what have I missed now? if House passed the Senate Version, it should be good, right?

The House amendments to SB11 are not going to be accepted by the Senate. In particular the amendment that forces Campus Carry on private universities. This means SB11 goes to conference committee. It's unlikely it gets out of that committee in time to get voted on by both chambers before the session ends.

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It goes to concurrence vote in Senate. Where concurrence will probably fail. Then to conference committee.

It's Wednesday May 27th today... so yeah, stick a fork in SB11.

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If HB910 fails because House does not concur then the blame will fall on every R member who voted against concurrence (they won't be able to blame Straus like with SB11).

Primary ad: "Rep X sabotaged Open Carry because he/she wanted to help police profile minorities".

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@lmcgaughy tweet

@CLEAT, Dallas Police today asking #txlege to strip Huffines amendment from #opencarry bill. Conference committee could be named today

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Looks like there's a concerted effort underway to strip away yes votes from HB910 concurrence vote:

@lmcgaughy tweet

Police across state today, incl. @CLEAT, Dallas Police Assoc and @HPOUTX speaking out against Huffines #opencarry amendment today #txlege

Prediction: if House does not concur and HB910 goes to conference, you can stick a fork in the bill.

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