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Srnewby wrote:A few days ago, Charles commented that things were in the works and that licensed OC is very much alive and well and that maybe even HB 308 was not dead and to keep our eyes "on the horizon". I know patience is difficult, but I really think it is the best course of action at this point in time. Issuing our own calls to action may not be the most prudent thing to do right now.

I do think many of us are getting a bit impatient. As many have said, with the GOP majority this SHOULD have sailed through. But yet we see it bogged down in the mud for some unknown reason. And no progress on HB308 that we've heard is troubling as well. Heck, the events of Garland should be ample evidence that HB308 is a good idea. Had one or both of the bad guys there made it inside, it could have been a disaster (I've read that activity center is owned by the Garland ISD and is 30.06 posted. I haven't been there and stand to be corrected).

canvasbck wrote:[rant] This is absolutely pathetic! Here we are with the most conservative chambers in Texas' modern history and we are struggling to pass ONE high profile gun rights bill. With the makeup of this congress, passing HB910, SB11, and HB308 should be doable.

Strauss and Patrick need to put on their big boy panties and do the job they were sent to Austin to do and quit worrying about who gets to claim to be the author of a certain bill! Strauss needs to represent the people of Texas and not just the UT Chancellor! [/rant]

Doable? With the number of Repubs it should be a no-brainer. OC and CC should have sailed through. And look how long the Repubs have been the dominant party in TX. If the tables were turned and the Dems were in power, they'd pretty much gut all the OC, CHL, and any chance of CC in a single session.

Perhaps neither Strauss nor Patrick want any OC or CC bill to pass. They've pushed the bills through their respective chambers and are now using this ego standoff as a ruse to drop them from consideration. It's typical of pols who run as pro-2A but are actually anti. They vote for a bill they know will never pass. The only way to convince me that they are pro-2A is to pass a pro-2A bill. Until then, it makes no difference. Proof should be in the pudding. And I see no pudding on my table at this point. But what I think could happen is that both sides "agree to table the bills to work on more important issues". Perhaps that was the plan all along.

But BOTH sides need to put their over-inflated egos aside and do what we elected them to do.