For the folks in Texas.
If you haven’t done so already, please reach out to your legislative critters and ask them to support SB-11 & HB-937 (campus carry).
There also HB-910 & SB-17 (open carry).
SB 11, passed in Senate (3/19), on to the House (3/20)...
SB 17, passed in the Senate (3/17), House received (3/18)...
HB 910, placed on the General Senate Calendar (4/14), took 6 days for this to occur during “consideration”...This means the House is ok with the issue, but time is not on our side if the Senate drags its heels...
The big hangup, someone had a bright idea that somehow this Open Carry issue may have an economic impact on the state...Some Chambers of Commerce’s and big business owners lobbyists thought that by personal businesses preemption if this becomes law would reduce their patronages enough to keep the State of Texas from sales tax revenue or something to that effect...
HB 937, Substituted in Committee (considered) “favorably” (3/31), IMO this bill is stalled...
So overall, IMO, The Campus Carry, and OC issues are progressing, but time is NOT on our side...
But, you never know...Pressuring the peckerwoods in Austin may bring it forward in the process...
I just hate for issues like this that have been in work for 2-3 sessions in Austin over the last 6-8 years to continue to die inside the process, and not have their full day on the floor for a vote, up or down, that is the way this needs to be resolved...
But I may take one more trip to Austin before things wrap up, to shake up what and where I can this session...
There are a few other things besides gun issues that need goosing as well...