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She's a B-rated Democrat from Houston.

Chas.

seamusTX wrote:The individual committee members had the option of writing separate opinions. They are available here (page 92.

Rep. Alma Allen raised an objection that I'm sure will be brought up in debate: Namely, that CHL holders are not trained to handle active-shooter situations such as the Virginia Tech massacre.

There are three (IMHO) strong counter-arguments to this:

• The police are not all that good at handling massacres, either. Nearly all such lunatics commit suicide when the police arrive.
• At least three school massacres or potential massacres were stopped by armed non-LEOs.
• While school massacres are extremely rare, ordinary violent crime such as robbery and rape are frequent on college campuses; and all personnel, especially women, should have the right to defend themselves in a place where they spend so much time.

I can't dig up Dr. Allen's NRA rating, but what I can find paints her as actively anti-RKBA.

- Jim

The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives has the authority to commission interim studies of important issues the legislature may or should address during the next legislative session. When the committee appointed to study specific issues completes it work, it issues an interim report.

An interim study was authorized for 2008. The committee was charged with a number of issues, including "Monitor the impact of current Texas laws banning the carrying of firearms by holders of concealed carry licenses on the premises of educational institutions." The committee's 2008 interim report is now available. I am attaching a copy of the report as it pertains to carrying of concealed handguns on college campuses by CHLs.

The report is factual and unemotional and it is a strong basis for supporting what has become known as "campus-carry." Chairman Joe Driver and the rest of the House Law Enforcement Committee deserve our appreciation for the work they put into this study. (Note, this was the House Law Enforcement Committee as it existed in 2007. The Committee may be markedly different in 2009.)

Chas.