srothstein wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 3:17 pmI had not paid that much attention to this bill, but then the mass media caught up to it over the past two days. MSNBC was the worst of the ones I saw, deliberately misleading their audience to make it look like they were cramming it through with no debate because they did not want the Democrats to object. If I had not known our processes better, I would have thought it had been introduced on Thursday and rushed through with no one getting time to read it or debate on it at all. Of course, Biden claimed it was an "assault on our democracy", but at least he did not say it was "neanderthal thinking" again. That one was kind of shot out of the water.
I agree that he will have a big signing party and review of the major bills, and SB7 indicates by its number that it was a legislative priority for the Senate. I think that he will stage more than one press conference, with all the 2A bills being signed at one of them. He is probably making arrangements for the right setting now. He has used Red's Guns in the past, but Austin has a relatively new, up-scale, indoor gun range named (appropriately enough) "The Range at Austin" and he might go there for the better appearance.
I think it would be better to sign SB7 at the Capitol itself. After all, if you are going to stage an assault on Democracy, isn't that the place to do it?
He has made a point in the past to do a bit of showmanship when signing certain bills, like the open carry bill where he mentioned our very own Charles Cotton by name. To be completely honest I would not be surprised if he setup stage outside the Mad Mommie's office and sign the unlicensed carry bill on the sidewalk. He might choose to sign it at an Austin Gun Store, or in the TSRA office, or even at his hometown courthouse. All the whens and wheres depend on his decision of what statement he wants to make and how he wants to make it.