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mojo84 wrote:He's asking for he legislature to play a shell game in order to appease the "gun nuts" by passing a law that is easily circumvented using built in loopholes. Make us think we are making 2nd Amendment progress when in practicality, nothing is being done.

The citizens and voters are too stupid to know any difference.

That is the exact problem with Strauss' control. Most of the stuff that the Dems don't want passed, he kills in committee. Sometimes, I wondered if it wasn't to provide cover for many of his cronies who were elected in Conservative areas. But as the article points out, his corny list was gutted in the last couple of elections (I'm proud to say that I was a participant in a couple of those)

I'm hoping that Charles' new full time effort is enough to prevent Strauss from gutting or compromising in ways that leave us worse off than today. I remain fearful about the impact to CC that some of the proposed bills might have and about the amendments that could be proposed to even the good bills that would neutralize them the way that a broad opt out provision would likely geld campus carry. I don't think that it is a matter of the citizens being to stupid as much as it is the Strauss controlled representatives that they elected not following their wishes. The pressure not to elect Strauss is very strong and yet all of this area's "Conservative" leaders have openly come out for Strauss this time. His power is not to be underestimated.

While some Second Amendment proponents want to repeal Texas’ ban on open carrying of handguns, Jones of Rice University said GOP leaders may find it easier to pass long-stalled legislation to allow concealed-handgun permit holders to bring their weapons onto college campuses.

To reach a deal, such legislation would probably have to let private colleges opt in and state universities opt out, he said.

I'm not sure what the value would be with the op-out option. I cannot imagine one of the state universities that wouldn't.

Here is an interesting view on Strauss

http://agendawise.com/blog-and-articles ... -the-votes

Agendawise.com by Weston Hicks 11/14/14

Speaker Straus has already let it be known in Austin that he will kill conservative bills next session. In doing this, Straus attaches a price to even writing a conservative bill. So, many of the things conservative Texans desperately want, from school vouchers, to spending limits, to zero based budgeting, to business regulation reform, to pro-life advancement, and many others, will never be written if Straus is Speaker.

My guess is that most of the pro-gun bills will fall victim, too, just as they did last session. The Democrats don't want to have their "no" votes on gun related matters used against them so the easy out is that they never come to a vote.