Unlike Congress which meets every year and frequently, the Texas Legislature doesn't have the luxury of time. I suspect this explains the "everyone gets their say" approach even if some testimony may not be completely accurate. Looking at the big picture, it won't matter because Alice & others have made sure members know that the data are available and how good the analysis of it is for CHLers.C-dub wrote:As I see it, her problem is that she claimed it is completely locked down, implying that she's tried to find it but was unable to due to it being locked down. Since we know that is false, she was either lying in that she never even looked and assumed it was locked down or had looked and didn't like what she found and tried to claim that it wasn't out there.TomsTXCHL wrote:This is being called perjury here, but on what basis:
If she didn't know it, then is it perjury? IOW if she only demonstrated she didn't know the facts, or was perhaps misled by a supporter/staffer, then I dunno that it's perjury.TexasFirearmsCoalition.com wrote:Kelly Burke falsely testified that there are no statistics regarding crimes by Texas Concealed Handgun Licensees. That was a real whopper!
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Ms. Burke’s statement is demonstrably untrue and she either knew it or should have known it.
The rap against Bush was that "he lied" about Saddam's WOMD, when it seems instead that no one knew the truth at the time (though Saddam was certainly BRAGGING that it was the truth).
SA-TX