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HB 1170 - No Gun or Ammunition Companies in State Holdings

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:39 am
by Papa_Tiger
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Hi ... ill=HB1170

Prohibits the State from holding any assets related to the manufacture of guns or ammunition in any of the State Retirement Systems.

The state must apply pressure to those companies that do to cease manufacture and if the company does not cease, the state must divest itself of those assets.

Re: HB 1170 - No Gun or Ammunition Companies in State Holdings

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:46 pm
by SQLGeek
Straight out of California.

Re: HB 1170 - No Gun or Ammunition Companies in State Holdings

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:05 pm
by AF-Odin
Hopefully that one gets buried in a committee never to see the light of day. What nut case introduced this?

Re: HB 1170 - No Gun or Ammunition Companies in State Holdings

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:14 pm
by bblhd672
AF-Odin wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:05 pm What nut case introduced this?
Same one that’s been filing anti-firearm bills all day...Anchia.

Re: HB 1170 - No Gun or Ammunition Companies in State Holdings

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:46 pm
by The Annoyed Man
AF-Odin wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:05 pm Hopefully that one gets buried in a committee never to see the light of day. What nut case introduced this?
Beat me to it. What jack wagon thinks this bill has a prayer of passing in Texas?

Re: HB 1170 - No Gun or Ammunition Companies in State Holdings

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:28 am
by KLB
This is exactly why I did not want to see the Social Security surplus (back when there was one) invested in the stock market. Not only would political considerations have trumped prudent investment strategy, but the volume of money would have induced many companies to alter their behavior to suit social-justice warriors.

Re: HB 1170 - No Gun or Ammunition Companies in State Holdings

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:32 am
by KLB
AF-Odin wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:05 pmWhat nut case introduced this?
Rafael Anchia out of Dallas.

Re: HB 1170 - No Gun or Ammunition Companies in State Holdings

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:59 am
by Paladin
As a essential matter of national sovereignty most nations have the ability to produce their own firearms and ammunition. This bill would be corrosive to our state's rights under the US Constitution, but perhaps that's one of the objectives?