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TexasGal wrote:I have nothing against Mr Waybourn. By all accounts, he is a good man, but if Sheriff Anderson wants to be our Sheriff one more term, I am happy to have him.

That's the beauty of many primary races. . . I love it when you have two people you could support. It makes the decision harder, but the consequences of losing much less dire.

I have no fears of life in Tarrant County if Mr. Anderson wins another term.

baldeagle wrote:Whatever you do, please vote.

We need more informed primary voters, local city election voters, etc.

My main goal here isn't to persuade people to vote for Waybourn, but rather just to say he's worth a look. I'd guess most people in Tarrant County don't interact with the sheriff's department often, so it's easy to be content with the incumbent and reelect him based on name alone.

I have other reasons I've decided to vote for Waybourn, but they aren't gun related, so I've left them out of this thread.

Abraham wrote:" we have to understand that we'll have to give up some of our liberties as a trade off for safety"

I'd really want clarification on this statement.

Is he alluding to something like martial law?

If so, I'd tell him to take flying leap at a rolling donut.

We're not Cuba, Russia, China, etc...

A local state rep is supposed to have a recording of the meeting as it was public. I've requested it from him so that I can hear it in context. FWIW, that rep has not endorsed either sheriff candidate yet.

I added all of the qualifiers to be fair to Sheriff Anderson, I almost didn't add it to my post, but we all know that there are some LEO leaders (chiefs / sheriffs) who are very pro-2A, and others who have an "as long as the police are armed, the citizens don't need them."

I mentioned Bloomberg's approach of getting mayors and political-minded LEO chiefs on his side. In that dialogue, Waybourn talked about the efforts he undertook to reassure LEO leaders in his personal circles that CHL (and later OC) would not cause problems for the LEO community. I tend to believe him because he part of the CHL instructor community as well.

carlson1 wrote:

n5wd wrote:Purely cosmetic, but Mr. Waybourn would impress me a whole lot more if he'd take his hat off in a building, like most gentlemen do.

Manners are not taught or respected anymore.

Funny. He had it off and on he counter at the home we were in the entire night. I actually noticed it (I arrived late) and thought the exact same thing n5wd did, but in his favor.

That's interesting.

I will be careful to keep this gun related and within boundaries of the forum rules.

I had a chance to meet with Bill Waybourn last night and talked to him extensively about his views, especially where it relates to the 2nd Amendment, concealed carry rights, and open carry rights. I came away impressed. Beyond serving as police chief for Dalworthington Gardens, Bill has been a CHL instructor for years and intimately knows the carry laws from our perspective. He was knowledgeable about this history of CHL laws in Texas, including changes in specific years, and the nuances of valid postings, etc.

One attendee at the gathering referenced a meeting where Dee Anderson, the current sheriff, was asked a question about keeping the peace in the era of terrorism and made a comment basically stating that we have to understand that we'll have to give up some of our liberties as a trade off for safety. (This is paraphrased and secondhand information only. . . there is purportedly a tape recording of the meeting as it was a public forum, but I have not heard it.)

I came away from the meeting with Bill very impressed. The meeting included many current LEOs who definitely support him, and I liked his 2A advocacy. We had an interesting conversation about OCTC. Bill supports Constitutional carry but I think shared the majority opinion on this forum about the net impact of the in-your-face tactics of some groups that counterproductively set the cause behind two sessions in a row.

All of this is to say - if you are a primary voter in Tarrant County, I would encourage you to do some investigation on the sheriff candidates and see if you might come away supporting Bill Waybourn. He has been extremely accessible and hung around last night talking to anybody who had a question. It was worth attending.