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hirundo82 wrote:The old statutes on the legislature's website don't go back before 2004, but 46.035(i) is a lot older than 2007. IIRC it was added very soon after CHL came into effect, maybe 1997.

Yeah, it was 1997, not 2007.

e-bil wrote:Why the provisions to allow them to carry in a church? I thought that had already been removed from the list of places you could not carry as a CHL.

Look at the date on that article. It is from May 1, 2007, before the exemptions in 46.035 (i) were added to the bill that passed and went into effect on Sept. 1, 2007.

C-dub wrote:I'm coming late to this thread.

I don't think any politician is any more important than I am, but I do recognize that they are a higher priority target than I am. It may be elitist, but I also thought that if it passes we can use it as leverage to push for those same exemptions for all CHLs in the future.

And while I may not agree that they really are any not any more important than anyone else from being able to protect ourselves, contacting a Representative or Senator and denouncing these bills may be detrimental to other pending firearms legislation that we are trying to pass. As long as the legislation is gaining ground for 2A rights and not taking them away, my opinion is you should let it pass. In the long run it may be beneficial to us to have this as a law. It is a lot easier to add 'This includes anyone with a Concealed Handgun License' into the statute in a subsequent session than to try and get a whole new section added under a bill

While I understand the feeling that we should have the same rights as those in elected offices, we all know that sometimes folks in these positions like to feel special. And, in some aspects they do face a little more of a risk than most CHL'ers since they are in the public limelight and may be targeted for an unpopular decision.

As Charles stated, if they can get this passed to allow exemptions for them, then we are just that much closer to making a little change in 2013 for all CHL's to be exempt. If we try to push too hard to regain our rights all at once, those that make the decisions to remove the restrictions may balk or become disenamored with us and we will be faced with legislators who will decide to shun us like they did the Open Carry rabble rouser's last session.

So, maybe in this case it would be good to give the inch now to gain the mile soon?