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Select "Legislature" 82(R) 2011 That is the 82nd Regular session


Then do a text search for "handgun" and you will see a number of bills including Campus Carry (HB86) authored by Simpson. There is also a group of bills requiring ID to vote and specifies that a CHL is one form of accepted ID. And there is one (HB77) adding watercraft to motor vehicle as a place where one can carry a handgun without a CHL. There is another (HB181) that exempts firearms and ammo from sales tax.

I like the HB181!

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Wow! I like the wording of HB86. As I read it, there are no exemptions for private institutions. That seems to be different from HB1893 in the 2009 session. But, obviously, it is still early ...

I'd like to see the sales tax holiday expanded to two per year (spring and fall) and include fishing stuff, optics (for the birwatchers, you know), stands, decoys, anything a sportsman/woman might need for hunting and fishing.

I just wrote my Senator about his support. He's a great guy and supported this last time.

There is a conservative blogger who is a friend of Gov. Perry that has a poll on her blog about campus carry. She and a few other bloggers recently went skeet shooting with Gov. Perry and he pays attention to her's as well as the other bloggers. The poll currently is 88% for campus carry.

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CWOOD wrote:You can find it here:

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Select "Legislature" 82(R) 2011 That is the 82nd Regular session


Then do a text search for "handgun" and you will see a number of bills including Campus Carry (HB86) authored by Simpson. There is also a group of bills requiring ID to vote and specifies that a CHL is one form of accepted ID. And there is one (HB77) adding watercraft to motor vehicle as a place where one can carry a handgun without a CHL. There is another (HB181) that exempts firearms and ammo from sales tax.

Notice
HB 77 is similar to HB 25


82(R) HB 25 - Introduced version - Bill Text
Author: Guillen
Caption: Relating to the carrying of certain weapons in a watercraft.


82(R) HB 77 - Introduced version - Bill Text
Author: Flynn
Caption: Relating to the carrying of certain weapons in watercraft.

Also of interest is:

82(R) HB 145 - Introduced version - Bill Text

Author: Laubenberg

Caption: Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.

Excerpt: (b) A basic material from which a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition is manufactured in this state, including unmachined steel and unshaped wood, is not a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition and is not subject to federal regulation under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce as if it actually were a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition.

RPB wrote: Notice
HB 77 is similar to HB 25


82(R) HB 25 - Introduced version - Bill Text
Author: Guillen
Caption: Relating to the carrying of certain weapons in a watercraft.


82(R) HB 77 - Introduced version - Bill Text
Author: Flynn
Caption: Relating to the carrying of certain weapons in watercraft.

HB25 and HB77 are nor similar, they are identical.

Guillen and Flynn had the same psychic dream premonition.

Almost identical.
SECTION 2. Section 46.15(b)
(b)
(4)

Flynn's bill has an extra space typo on the line

person's place of assignment and is [extra space here]wearing the officer's uniform

(Glad I'm retired now, but proofreading legal stuff is habit-forming)

RPB wrote:

(Glad I'm retired now, but proofreading legal stuff is habit-forming)

While growing up my stenographer mother had me proof reading her court transcripts, starting at age 12. Now I can't read anything without subconsciously proofing it. It is actually quite annoying to see how illiterate America has become. Businesses pay good money to put up misspelled banners all the time. 4wheel parts was selling "Brush Gourds" for years.

2011 is shaping up to be a pretty good year.

C-dub wrote:2011 is shaping up to be a pretty good year.

Yes, it is. Let's hope this'll get passed quick since I only have 1.5 years left at University.

GaryAdrian wrote:I just wrote my Senator about his support. He's a great guy and supported this last time.

Find out who represents you in the Texas House and Senatehere.


I'll be addressing mine next week!

RPB wrote:Also of interest is:

82(R) HB 145 - Introduced version - Bill Text

Author: Laubenberg

Caption: Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.

Excerpt: (b) A basic material from which a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition is manufactured in this state, including unmachined steel and unshaped wood, is not a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition and is not subject to federal regulation under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce as if it actually were a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition.

While I salute the spirit of the "Firearms Freedom" acts and the long history of nullification of unjust laws, I don't think anyone is going to volunteer to be a test case.

Commerce Clause cases have gutted federalism to such a degree that, short of Zombie Rehnquist rising from the grave and eating the brains of several justices and a president appointing justices that actually understand the Constitution, it is going to take a constitutional amendment to get rid of many of the abominations Congress has inflicted on us over the years (including the GCA '68).