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+1 Dicion. Now we just need to consolidate out efforts

Here's a question that I haven't seemed to find an answer to in this thread of the search.

Charles, what events need to unfold for TSRA to make OC one of it's goals for this or any future legislative session? How does TSRA poll it's members on topics important to them? Is there an annual survey or something similar. I'm a new member so I'm unsure.

Please don't mistake the inquiries as ungrateful because I am most definetly not. I, and I think most of us here, greatly appreciate the efforts of you and everyone at TSRA and I'm not OK wih giving up anything we've gained so far to get OC passed.

I just sent this letter (actual letter USPS) to my state Representative Dan Gattis and my state Senator Steve Ogden.



"With the 2011 session approaching I thought I might visit a few issues that are of key importance to me, my family and many of my neighbors.

First, the recently attempted "parking lot" bill for concealed handguns. This bill will prove crucial in providing safety for many Texans that currently find themselves unprotected on their commutes to and from work because their employers do not allow firearms. I face a 65 mile round trip every day and cannot carry my pistol in my car due to employer’s regulations. Please support this bill for the coming session.

Second, is the "campus carry" bill. College students, though many of them are old enough to buy, own an even obtain a CHL, are currently denied the right to protect themselves on campuses of higher education. I pray that it doesn't take an act of violence, like the tragedy in Virginia, for Texans to see the vitality of a law such as this. Please support this bill as well.

Third is any bill, similar to those of Montana and Tennessee, that would forbid the overreaching regulation of the US Congress on the intrastate commerce of “Texas made” firearms, accessories and ammunition. This bill is as much about the 9th and 10th amendments to the US Constitution as it is the 2nd. I urge your support of this bill as well.

Lastly is an open carry bill. Texas is one of only SIX states that currently prohibit or have no provisions for open carry. Texas has always been a champion of individual rights and freedoms. A law allowing open carry is long overdue. Please work with your colleagues and supportive organizations such as TSRA and NRA and let’s have open carry law passed in Texas.

Thank you sincerely for your time and I look forward to your response."





For the most part I agree with Charles in that we need to get this done in "baby steps" but I think it should at least be on the agenda, even if it's on the bottom. After all, our RKBA rights weren't taken away all at once, it was done one stupid law at a time.

If everyone sent this, or something similar, to their state rep and senator I fail to see how it could NOT come up in 2011.

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