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I'm sure you folks are probably correct. I've just got a serious rash from losing HB508. That rash won't go away until the signs come down. It may take years for it to heal. No additional privileges for anyone until the signs come down.

CWOOD wrote:

2firfun50 wrote:If you snickered at HB34 yesterday, you should get a good laugh out of this one. Text isn't posted yet, but looks like the infamous amendment that killed HB508.

Actually, this does NOT have the really offensive language of Senator Carona's amendment to HB 508. It addresses carry by certain officers of the court but does NOT include state or federal legislators. I think that was the problem with the language that killed HB 508. I don't think many had much objection to prosecutors, judges and the like carrying. It was the special privilege carved out for the legislators themselves that caused the failure of HB 508.

I may be mistaken, but I think this is the language that got HB508 sent to conference committee. The committee was expected to strip off the amendment, but returned with the addition of members of the state and federal legislature. When it came back with even more special privileges, it was all over but the shouting.

It might has slid through without the add ons, but it didn't look like it would by the discussion I watched. You might want to take a look at the Journal discussion.

http://www.journals.house.state.tx.us/H ... 2FINAL.PDF" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Pickett was going to kill HB508 with the original amendment with a point of order. It starts around page 236. Just do a find on HR 3009 and it will take you right to the discussion. A short but interesting read.

If you snickered at HB34 yesterday, you should get a good laugh out of this one. Text isn't posted yet, but looks like the infamous amendment that killed HB508.