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"The problem with people having a handgun in their vehicle too, as I see it, they're not responsible with a handgun to leave in the vehicle. They won't secure it, in other words lock it down or hide it."

The SHOULDN"T be responsible for that. A criminal is not supposed to break into your car.
Not that I won't hide my gun or lock it in a glove box if I am able but that's just because I don't want my gun stolen.

A criminal is going to kill somebody gun or no gun. A criminal can get a gun off the black market. In fact, a good enough criminal could even get past a glove box or even as safe.

Sheer nonsense.

"Prosecutors felt it would make it easier for defendants to beat a murder rap, in some cases impossible to convict cases involving a wrongful death, mistaken identity or gang members, who might use the defense as justification to shoot an alleged attacker," Dukes said.

So, what. That's part of the risk of having a free society where people have the RTKBA, the right to trial by jury, the right to face their accusor. The alternative is to ban RTKBA and leave people defenseless all for the convinence of a DA or a peace officer.

Kent said he does not agree with those who said the bill allows drivers to protect themselves.

"Most people would not be on their toes enough to prevent a carjacking," Kent said. "With a gun in the vehicle, where they might keep it, you know they'd be done and over before they realized they'd been carjacked, and the carjacker would probably drive off with their gun in the vehicle."

Who is he to say that? So people would have a better chance of preventing a car jacking if they were UNARMED?
Besides, there have been PLENTY of cases where carjacking's HAVE been prevented by a gun.

Another concern for opponents is people caught carrying a concealed weapon in a parking lot. A loophole could allow people to claim they are transporting the gun from their house to their car.

Yes...if your goal is to have people arrested because they have guns. Again, that's part of living in a free society.

What's with this asking all these Austin flakes? They aren't real Texas anyway.