Link to Today's TX Senate Hearing On SB11 and SB 17 (2-12)

[OldCannon]

Finally managed to do a video capture of Acevedo's rape comments. Feel free to share.

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[mojo84]

How do you capture YouTube video? I would like to get his entire testimony. There is some rich material there.

[ELB]

I've been trying to transcribe exactly what Acevedo said. This is what I have so far, but I can't make out a little section right in the middle of where he seemed to be saying it's better to offer rape victims "resources" afterwards than take a chance they will be killed (implying with their own gun). Apparently CHL holding young women lose the ability to make that decision for themselves once they step on campus.

But anyway, here's my transcription so far, would appreciate any corrections/additions:

Senator Ellis: Chief, a couple of questions, uh, ...someone made a point earlier, that uh, in order to reduce instances of campus rape, uh, by having access to guns so women could protect themselves. In the broader public I’m just wondering what is generally the case when a gun is used to uh, for the victim to protect themselves or for the perpetrator to do harm to the victim?

Chief Acevedo: You know I would argue sir rather than uh having a person armed on campus or anywhere just …{unintelligible] a process of security. I always taught my kids and myself that good sense, good judgment, stone sober, making sure you’re aware of surroundings, that’s the key to life… … good judgment.

My concern is that if there’s firearms that are now legal and authorized on campus uh in the right situation could now turn, be turned on young women and young men, and so it just creates another set of problems. In addition to that, once that person … kind of like a burglar, … break into a home, I don’t mind calling them home burglars cause every burglar, statistics being what they are sooner or later turns into an aggravated assault or a homicide. We just had one here a month ago a double homicide on a burglary.

The same thing concerns me, that now that we’re really creating an environment where people are lawfully allowed to carry firearms on campus… and we’re, we’re gonna …we’re gonna {unintelligible} sexual assault victims, that we have a lot of resources to help these young people to survive assault, uh different sources and so forth…than to potentially murder victims … and so we are very much opposed …

It's surprisingly hard to nail down exactly what the speakers are saying, versus what I think I hear and what I think they mean.

[mojo84]

From the link I posted previously.

Official audio recordings and transcripts are available from the Senate Staff Services office at (512) 463-0430.

[ELB]

From the link I posted previously.

Official audio recordings and transcripts are available from the Senate Staff Services office at (512) 463-0430.

I already called them. They will not do a transcript of that hearing. They will only provide an audio CD.

Right now I am listening through cheap computer speakers. I hope when I get home where I have headphones that it will be clearer.

[jimlongley]

I've been trying to transcribe exactly what Acevedo said. This is what I have so far, but I can't make out a little section right in the middle of where he seemed to be saying it's better to offer rape victims "resources" afterwards than take a chance they will be killed (implying with their own gun). Apparently CHL holding young women lose the ability to make that decision for themselves once they step on campus.

But anyway, here's my transcription so far, would appreciate any corrections/additions:

Senator Ellis: Chief, a couple of questions, uh, ...someone made a point earlier, that uh, in order to reduce instances of campus rape, uh, by having access to guns so women could protect themselves. In the broader public I’m just wondering what is generally the case when a gun is used to uh, for the victim to protect themselves or for the perpetrator to do harm to the victim?

Chief Acevedo: You know I would argue sir rather than uh having a person armed on campus or anywhere just …{unintelligible] a process of security. I always taught my kids and myself that good sense, good judgment, stone sober, making sure you’re aware of surroundings, that’s the key to life… … good judgment.

My concern is that if there’s firearms that are now legal and authorized on campus uh in the right situation could now turn, be turned on young women and young men, and so it just creates another set of problems. In addition to that, once that person … kind of like a burglar, … break into a home, I don’t mind calling them home burglars cause every burglar, statistics being what they are sooner or later turns into an aggravated assault or a homicide. We just had one here a month ago a double homicide on a burglary.

The same thing concerns me, that now that we’re really creating an environment where people are lawfully allowed to carry firearms on campus… and we’re, we’re gonna …we’re gonna {unintelligible} sexual assault victims, that we have a lot of resources to help these young people to survive assault, uh different sources and so forth…than to potentially murder victims … and so we are very much opposed …

It's surprisingly hard to nail down exactly what the speakers are saying, versus what I think I hear and what I think they mean.

What I heard was "cause every burglary"

Would sure like to have been able to challenge him in that one.

I hear loads of doublespeak and bafflegab in his testimony, which I am sure he would tell the media was merely misinterpreted.

[OldCannon]

How do you capture YouTube video? I would like to get his entire testimony. There is some rich material there.

It was a three step process. First I captured the stream in FRAPS, then used VLC media player to downscale the video segment I wanted, then posted through YouTube. It was pretty simple. Took about 5 minutes of my time, then it took YouTube about 15 minutes to upload and convert the video.

Capturing YouTube videos is extremely easy, but capturing genuine streaming video from other sources and getting it into YouTube is much more annoying.

[ELB]

What I heard was "cause every burglary".

Thanks. I went back and forth on whether he said "burglar" or "burglary."

[Ruark]

Notice how he appeared wearing his uniform, for added dramatic effect...

[mojo84]

How do you capture YouTube video? I would like to get his entire testimony. There is some rich material there.

It was a three step process. First I captured the stream in FRAPS, then used VLC media player to downscale the video segment I wanted, then posted through YouTube. It was pretty simple. Took about 5 minutes of my time, then it took YouTube about 15 minutes to upload and convert the video.

Capturing YouTube videos is extremely easy, but capturing genuine streaming video from other sources and getting it into YouTube is much more annoying.

Thanks

[v7a]

The full APD Chief testimony.

[mojo84]

The full APD Chief testimony.

Thank you.

[TVGuy]

Notice how he appeared wearing his uniform, for added dramatic effect...

Yeah. I only watched the whole thing live yesterday, but I definitely remember him saying it was the uniform/badge that deters crime and not the visible gun.

I felt like suggesting he and his officers try doing away with the guns for a couple of weeks and see how the uniform gets the job accomplished.

[mojo84]

Notice how he appeared wearing his uniform, for added dramatic effect...

Yeah. I only watched the whole thing live yesterday, but I definitely remember him saying it was the uniform/badge that deters crime and not the visible gun.

I felt like suggesting he and his officers try doing away with the guns for a couple of weeks and see how the uniform gets the job accomplished.

Or conceal their guns since there is no advantage to having them exposed.

[TresHuevos]

Notice how he appeared wearing his uniform, for added dramatic effect...

Yeah. I only watched the whole thing live yesterday, but I definitely remember him saying it was the uniform/badge that deters crime and not the visible gun.

I felt like suggesting he and his officers try doing away with the guns for a couple of weeks and see how the uniform gets the job accomplished.

Welp, if that's the case then we don't need police and we only need security guards. They have a uniform and a badge, it's all you need apparently.