Charles L. Cotton wrote:I don't like this bill and I don't want it to pass. The fact that Lon Burnam is rated F is the best thing we have going for us. That said, requiring Texans to have a Texas CHL will not impact reciprocity. In fact, a few states have already passed such legislation and more are going to do so as time goes on. We can thank those like the online Virginia instructor/class for this bill being filed again.
The best approach is to remove the incentives to get out of state licenses like reducing the time required for the initial CHL and removing successfully completed deferred adjudications from the definition of "conviction."
Chas.
Isn't this his
second attempt to introduce this bill? I seem to remember him doing it last session in response to all those people pushing the Utah CFP as a way to get around the Texas requirements. And also, didn't Utah pass a new law back then preventing the issuance of a non-resident CFP to anyone who does not first have a carry license from their state of residency? I recall Utah being legitimately worried about loss of reciprocity with other states
because of non-residents who were using the CFP to get around their own states' requirements.