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locke_n_load wrote:So what happens to the Chef in the nursing home/hospital with the butcher knife?

Our church will need smaller Thanksgiving Turkeys if we have to use smaller knives, can we still clear brush at our little country church that meets twice a month with the machete...

HB1935 On House Floor now
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLook ... ill=HB1935
Passes on voice vote. BUT AMENDED to make illegal to carry knife under age 18, or in bars, hospitals, nursing homes, Amusement Parks etc etc etc
Amendment RE: Certain Location Restrictions by Dutton (like a College Campus like University of Texas)
PDF http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/ ... 935H21.PDF

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLook ... ill=HB1935
H Passed to engrossment as amended 05/08/2017
H Amended 1-Dutton 05/08/2017
H Laid out as postponed business 05/08/2017
H Postponed 5/8/17 4:00 PM 05/08/2017
H Laid out as postponed business 05/08/2017
H Postponed 5/8/17 4:00 PM 05/05/2017 2722
H Read 2nd time 05/05/2017 2722

tx85 wrote:Article: House delays debate on knife bill days after UT stabbing

Charley Wilkison, executive director of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, said such a law would be frightening to regular citizens who could spot a person carrying a large knife in public.

"There's no compelling reason to change (the law)," he said. "Changing the law and adding a lengthier knife that can be carried outside is certainly not something that law enforcement needs."

They were oblivious to the fact, and simple lesson taught by this incident: that "Criminals don't obey laws"
The knife used at University of Texas was too large, therefore illegal to be carried
That should have indicated that If Criminals WILL disobey laws, why not allow citizens who obey laws to have a thing called "Equal Protection" ... and that principle/ concept should be applied to all firearms
So we'll see more machete attacks & Axe attacks (those are more common in Australia/UK) even though they're illegal in "Big Knife Free Zones"