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The session will be over Monday and on Tuesday I will announce the new initiative I have mentioned earlier in the session. Hopefully, it will rally gun owners an provide a focused political faction that many so desperately want. It will not be in conflict with the NRA; it will provide a mechanism f...

I hold out hope that HB 910 makes passage. If not, then the entire session has been a loss. I pray that for this reason alone Gov. Abbott will call a special session to address, among other things not done, Open Carry, Campus Carry and HB 308! I agree, of all the bills HB 308 is the one that most f...

Are the Rs this incompetent or do we really need to look at wolfs in sheep clothing aka Straus. Consider, the legislature's perspective, though. Gun-rights advocates are deeply divided on priorities in Texas. The side whose ideals I, and I imagine many others, agree with, is "represented"...

I don't know. I'm more inclined to believe that the newer less experienced legislators have opted for the flash in the pan approach and seized on to the 2a band wagon in an effort to make a name for themselves. What You suggest could bear fruit I just haven't seen any evidence of it. What I have wi...

Question for those who have been following the debacle this session. I recall hearing early on major riffs between the "New Guard" vs the established Rs. Is this a case where we need to either vote out the old guard,or if too entrenched once retiring, make sure we put some more 2A friendly...

It is starting to look like my gut was right. Looks as if we are going to be shut out this session. If so we. We need to seriously look at who we back in 2 years. TSRA also needs to look at who they support as well. Pretty obvious those A rated are not so much so. Agreed. However to me it is pretty...

OK, so if they do happen to get to the 2nd reading today, then there's still a glimmer of hope, or are we all just going in the wind...? Really the only hope is if Gov calls for special session and decides to include on agenda. Other than that Straus is once again successful in killing CC like he i...

Well I expect the Ds to do whatever they can to derail bills they don't like. The only way this works is if Rs joined them. So if CC is truly dead and Gov does not call special election then gun owners need to unite and vote out the Rs that didn't vote to suspend rules...that and get a new Speaker o...

I bet Straus did this on purpose. Promised the House would pass it so that it wouldn't be added to 910, then made it as last minute as possible so it could run out of time and he could say he tried. That's what I was thinking. Was the suspension of rules voting recorded so we know the 6 or so Rs th...

TAM, Thanks for the response. BTW to everyone reading the replies I am not advocating a scorched earth policy..much like a nuclear option only for last resort which we are far from. Back to TAM's point better to get a viable Speaker than someone who is not ready but lobbied hard by gun owners only t...

The issue, to my knowledge, is that Strauss is friends with UT prez...and the UT prez is against CC. Thus Strauss does his best to keep CC stuck in committee. The only workarounds is if Gov Abbott calls a special session for host of reasons and includes CC on the agenda thus circumventing Strauss. O...

I think he saying that HB308 is far more important and far-reaching in extending 2A rights than HB910, but the frenzy around open carry has elevated the glamorous but relatively minor progress over the substantive. Very well said. Yes, I want HB910 or SB17 to pass, but the cost was very high. I'll ...

Charles L. Cotton wrote:Nothing secret in the works. It's being stalled.

Chas.

Mr. Cotton,

Stalled by committee members or by bill author? Are you considering a CTA on this bill?

Thank you

The best hope is of course Gov Abbott. Special session and intro all the pro civil rights for gun owners bills and bypass Straus all together. Will he don't know hope he has that determination.

Austin,

I live in Round Rock and we are doing our best to contain the craziness of Austin. Nothing like dropping a pro-firearm business bomb into enemy territory