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Texas gun bills taking us back to Old West days
star-telegram.com ^ | 3/20/2015 | Bob Ray Sanders

Posted on 03/21/2015 6:43:32 AM PDT by rktman

Oh, how I wish Texas lawmakers cared as much about our children as they do their guns.

And wouldn’t it be terrific if the folks who represent us in Austin despised injustice as much as they do immigration and taxes?

I suppose, given the makeup of our state Legislature and the leadership in the top statewide offices, that’s a little too much to hope for.

It is no surprise that new gun legislation has been put on a fast track at the Capitol, sailing through committee and floor votes with ease, while our underfunded public schools likely will languish.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guncontrol; texas; tx
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To: Don Corleone

You didn’t ‘slap leather’ unless it was really called for. Jus’ sayin’.


To Progressive-Liberals “slapping leather” means something entirely different...


41 posted on 03/21/2015 7:21:29 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: al_c

Huh? 43+6=49. Where’s the other 8? LOL!


42 posted on 03/21/2015 7:22:45 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: rktman

My Illinois CCL will be one year old on Easter Sunday. I am having a great time poking at the “blood will run in the streets” crowd asking them what happened to their predictions.


43 posted on 03/21/2015 7:24:06 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: CrazyIvan

You mean all those Chitown shootouts aren’t legal holders?


44 posted on 03/21/2015 7:24:53 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: TADSLOS

and Sam Colt made Them Equal!


45 posted on 03/21/2015 7:26:08 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: rktman
Oh, how I wish Texas lawmakers cared as much about our children as they do their guns.

They do! Protecting the guns protects the children.

46 posted on 03/21/2015 7:26:08 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Professional Engineer

Texas spends about 8,000 per student in the government schools. We homeschool my three kids. What could we do with 24,000/year? Well one thing’s for sure, I think of some way of using that money to make sure my kids could read in cursive.


47 posted on 03/21/2015 7:27:26 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: rktman

Miss Sanders should move to Califórnia.


48 posted on 03/21/2015 7:28:20 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: nascarnation

Why did you have to go and remind me Chicago is part of my state? I was having a pretty good morning.


49 posted on 03/21/2015 7:28:23 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: rktman

Fine with me. People back then had morals—with the exceptions of outlaws, of course.


50 posted on 03/21/2015 7:29:10 AM PDT by Politicalkiddo (You know it's bad when you actually wish that someone would replace your senators with horses.)
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To: aquila48

He’s probably being paid a lot by Soros to keep is butt right there in Texas. There’s a concerted effort to turn it Blue.


51 posted on 03/21/2015 7:30:15 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: CrazyIvan

As your next door neighbor in Indiana, I can sympathize.


52 posted on 03/21/2015 7:30:42 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

Slap leather,,,

Skin that smoke pole,,,,

we’ve lost the language.


53 posted on 03/21/2015 7:30:54 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Tudorfly
“.........the truth that a more armed society is a more polite and safer society.”...........

And odumbo knows that we are also a society who will take just so much of his tyranny before we react.The day is coming and I see it on the not too distant horizon, more than likely before he leaves office.

54 posted on 03/21/2015 7:32:25 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: snoringbear

No, they would fail because the idea of getting 11 from 8+5 would be too illogical.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres


55 posted on 03/21/2015 7:33:27 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: CrazyIvan

I’m sorry you have to live in the same state as Chicago, but The Loop is really a great place.


56 posted on 03/21/2015 7:36:50 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: rktman

Several years ago in my state we were passing CCW and the “Blood in the street-Road rage” meme came up. Didn’t happen. Last year we were passing open carry pretty much anywhere and the “Blood in the street-Road rage” meme came up. Didn’t happen. This year permitless conceal carry is moving along and the “Blood in the street-Road rage” meme is being thrown about. Next year maybe we can be an example for other states that “Blood in the street-Road rage” is a farce.


57 posted on 03/21/2015 7:46:20 AM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarca only ones we can gesm or criticism...or do.)
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To: rktman
My 70 year old mother has carried for years in Texas and has yet to have a shoot-out at noon with anybody.

Stupid idiotic propaganda. They real question is why you do not want people to be able to protect themselves. What is your agenda.

58 posted on 03/21/2015 7:46:54 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: LYDIAONTARIO

My brother has taught his grandchildren and great grandchildren all about guns and fishing. They love to go with him. The grands are young adults and the oldest great is about 7. The were taught safety first.


59 posted on 03/21/2015 7:47:00 AM PDT by MamaB
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To: jennings2004

60 posted on 03/21/2015 7:47:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.a)
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