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The salaries and benefits for all those officers and the costs of their vehicles, equipment, and other support has to be eye popping. The required funds may have come largely from the revenue from the 5100 annual citations written. That could be around $1.75 million. Back of napkin math: population...

License to Carry a Handgun The State Fair of Texas is—and always has been—a private entity. The Fair leases the Fair Park property from the City of Dallas but is not part of the City or controlled by a government body. The State Fair of Texas has long been, and continues to be, a strong supporter o...

Kids can learn about it today in graphic novel form:
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales - Donner Dinner Party

Below is the list of the weapons related bills that made it to the Governor this session. Bills that have not been signed or vetoed by the governor will become law on June 18th. Most of these will have no impact on a law abiding citizen whether carrying under the authority of an LTC or not. The bill...

While not technically pro-gun legislation, SB 694 was passed in the House today and will be on its way to the Governor after it is signed in both chambers. This bill extends civil liability immunity to employees and volunteers of religious organizations providing security services. This answers a lo...

HB 2837Passed the Senate unchanged from the House version this afternoon and will be on its way to the Governor soon.

5/12/23 Update The past 2 days and today are the first major culling of bills. Bills on the General State Calendar that were not read for a second time in the House yesterday and passed to engrossment are dead. There haven't been any significant gun bills that have died this year other than: HB 192...

Just read this on Zerohedge (I normally read Zerohedge for financial information): Meanwhile, in a surprise move on Monday, the Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety voted 8-5 to advance a bill that would make it illegal for Texans under age 21 to buy "certain semiautomatic rifles,&...

Tuesday is the first major day for discussion of gun bills in the Texas House of Representatives. The Community Safety Select committee will be holding public hearings on many of the pro- and anti-2A bills filed in the house this session. A list of the bills that will be discussed can be found here:...

It is still early in the session, not much will be done until April/May. There have been several good bills filed and referred to various committees in the House and Senate. Here are the Pro-2A bills I'm tracking: 88(R) HB 175 Author: Schaefer Last Action: 03/21/2023 H Scheduled for public hearing o...

Representative Anchia is at it again. This morning I was notified of a flood of House Bills filed with the "Weapons" subject. HB2275 - Raises the age to carry a location restricted Knife to 21, Makes it illegal to sell any weapon to someone under the age of 21, creates an "Assault Wea...

Bad cop registry already exists. It is called The Brady List.

Like anything that relies on the integrity of those using it, it is subject to abuse. I'm sure there oare cops on the list who shouldn't be, and cops not on the list that should be.

There is more proof in this legislative session as well:

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Te ... Bill=HB925

Do we have the 2/3 of the Texas Senate? No. Short by 2... https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/09/texas-legislature-2022-election-results/ In the House, the GOP grew its ranks by one — giving them an 86-to-64 advantage in the 150-member chamber for the 2023 legislative session. The Senate has 31 me...

Early filing has started for the 2023-24 legislative session in Texas! Yesterday there were 653 bills pre-filed in the House (Bills 1-20 are reserved for House high priority bills) and 198 filed in the Senate (Bills 1-30 are the reserved for the Lieutenant Governor's high priority items). Of those: ...