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As your next Lieutenant Governor, my policy will be…

1. Oppose any law that unconstitutionally restricts our right to keep and bear arms.

2. Repeal useless gun laws. While many politicians say, “Let’s enforce the laws that are on the books”, I suggest that we repeal some of the ridiculous laws that are unenforceable, unconstitutional, and/or do not make us safer. For example, let’s repeal - from both federal and state laws – gun free zones that create target rich environments - de facto “human hunting preserves” – that are sought out by criminals who know that persons in those zones are defenseless.

3. Support school marshal legislation that provides that every school shall have a trained and competent armed person present during school hours. This person, who will have been properly trained on when and how to use a firearm, could be a police officer, security guard, coach, principal, or teacher with quick access to a firearm.

4. Support Campus Carry.

5. Support Open Carry.

6. Oppose the regulation of firearms by local jurisdictions such as counties, cities, school districts and/or other government agencies and entities.

7. Oppose background checks for the sale and/or transfer of firearms between private individuals.

8. Oppose registration of firearms by local, state, and/or federal governments.

9. Oppose any education curriculum that suggests that the 2nd Amendment is somehow related to service in the National Guard or has anything to do with hunting and/or target shooting.

10. Oppose special privileges for members of Congress and/or the Texas legislature that allow them to carry a firearm in locations where the average citizen is prohibited from carrying – such as proposed in HB 508 (as amended) from the 83rd session and SB 905 from the 82nd session. Elected officials should have no special privileges as a matter of law.

11. Continue to support and to defend from legislative attack the Texas concealed handgun law that I authored 2 decades ago.

12. Continue to be an unwavering advocate and spokesman for the Second Amendment and the entire Bill of Rights.