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LDB415 wrote:We really need term limits.

At LEAST for Speaker of the House.

Good articles. He has aligned himself(publicly) with OCT & OCTC. With the media attention those 2 groups have had in the last 8 months, he may have well announced he will not be running for public office come election time, next go around, IMO.

Ruark wrote:

joe817 wrote:It appears that there are 2 Bills that will come before the Committee on State Affairs on Thursday, 2/10/2015:

Uh..... the 10th is today (Tuesday). Thursday is the 12th. I wish I had known about this earlier; I would have arranged to speak.

Whoops! Thanks for catching that. It IS on Thursday. Sowwy!

It appears that there are 2 Bills that will come before the Committee on State Affairs on Thursday, 2/12/2015:

SB17 - Licensed Open Carry
SB11 - Campus Carry

Those are the only 2 Bills up for discussion before the Committee on Thursday from what I can tell.

It should be a VERY interesting meeting, and I urge all of you who can, watch the goings on in the Committee:

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/Reports/Re ... &Code=C570" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - The full listing of Senate Bills

The below is a schedule of Senate Committee Meetings for the remainder of the month:

http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/events.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

More great info is posted about watching committee meetings on the TFC homepage.

[edited to correct date. Duh. ]

locke_n_load wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

joe817 wrote:It would be really interesting to watch the committee meeting when they present SB17. I hope it's broadcast.

Unless there is a system failure, it will be broadcast. I suggest unloading your handgun before watching; monitors are easy to replace, but you'll miss the rest of the hearing.

Chas.

Why is there a consensus that this hearing will be infuriating to watch? Seems that 346/17 removes concealed from the CHL law and creates a 30.07 specifically for OC, which seems like a reasonable bill for licensed OC.

Because SB17 is fast tracked to wind its way through the legislative process. And because of that there has been a 'call to arms' by the militant OC groups to attend and testify against that bill.

Here's the related topic and the 'call to arms' of CATI.

viewtopic.php?f=94&t=76172" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's a good bill and IIRC endorsed by both NRA & TSRA.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

joe817 wrote:It would be really interesting to watch the committee meeting when they present SB17. I hope it's broadcast.

Unless there is a system failure, it will be broadcast. I suggest unloading your handgun before watching; monitors are easy to replace, but you'll miss the rest of the hearing.

Chas.

Indeed. If I took blood pressure medicine, I would definitely take a dose before watching.

It would be really interesting to watch the committee meeting when they present SB17. I hope it's broadcast.

mojo84 wrote:Watkins does not come across as being sane. He seems to lack touch with reality and appears unstable.


Grisham comes across as being overzealous, lacking in discernment and unwise.

Watkins with his absurd antics, to me, comes off as a separatist(secessionist, if you will), who's out of touch with reality.(is that an oxymoron or what. )

Grisham seems to me a megalomaniac, does not have the ability to compromise, or admit his antics are totally counterproductive to his stated 'goals'.

Other than that, I totally agree with you.