Posted on 01/16/2013 4:59:39 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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Let Freedom Ring,
Wow! 346 out of over 800,000? Is that a groundswell of popular support or what?
As a Texan and part-time Austinite, there is so much stupid in this one article that it hurts, and just about all involved can go to hell.
I don’t live in Travis County but have to drive to Austin everyday for work. I call it the city of “Austism”. The oxygen thieves in Austin have no problem spending money on every stupid liberal idea that comes up. Bike trails instead of addressing the massive traffic problem, mass-transit money pits, arts in downtown area, green energy, junkets for city leaders to see how other European cities function, and a host of other liberal pipe dreams.
My office is right on the edge of Austin and another city and I make a conscience effort to always eat lunch and shop out of Austin. I avoid the town at all costs outside of work so they don’t get my money to spend on their stupid crap.
All the newcomers in Austin fled California, and immediately tried to turn Austin into California.
Truth is this is nothing but a feel good law...it has no teeth in that even the Austin DA would not try to enforce it because it would be political suicide and secondly a fresh out of law school attorney would win the case since it defys the constitution in so many aspects!!
‘They asked Mannix what APD is doing to enforce gun lock-up laws in private homes.
“We usually respond after something bad has happened, rather than going into private homes and enforcing laws for citizens who fail to secure their guns,” Mannix said’
Wow, thats quite the statement!
unbelievable that the question was asked and that it was justified by an answer.
From the TEXAS Declaration of Independence from Mexico..
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/texdec.asp
It has demanded us to deliver up our arms, which are essential to our defence, the rightful property of freemen, and formidable only to tyrannical governments.
THE RIGHTFUL PROPERTY OF FREEMEN! Even Texas understood it!
The question I could understand...the place is a loonie bin. Its expected. The answer though, WOW!!!! I wonder if the hippies et al would like the APD rummaging around to make sure they weren’t illegal users of drugs or kiddie porn.
Wow, that is epic fail in a city that has close to 1 million population in the city and surrounding suburban areas. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot said he sue Travis Co. if they banned gun shows and he would see them in court.
Ping!!!
Texas is a right to carry state, and if all is right in the world, we will have the choice of open or concealed carry when our legislature votes on the bill that is being debated at present.
It’s hard to tell where Lakeway stops and Austin begins anymore. About every other new resident I meet has moved here from California—and surprisingly, several have told me that our gun laws here were one of the things that brought them here—that and the prospect of jobs.
Austin does have alot of good Mexican resturants!!!
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