Posted on 05/30/2025 5:10:35 PM PDT by marktwain
Texas bill SB706 is on the way to Governor Abbott. He is expected to sign the bill into law. The bill simplifies the way the State of Texas recognizes handgun carry permits from other states. SB706 makes a simple statement:
“A valid license to carry a handgun issued by any other state is recognized in this state.”
The previous subparagraph (b) of § 411.173 was not quite as clear. Old law § 411.173(b):
(b) The governor shall negotiate an agreement with any other state that provides for the issuance of a license to carry a handgun under which a license issued by the other state is recognized in this state or shall issue a proclamation that a license issued by the other state is recognized in this state if the attorney general of the State of Texas determines that a background check of each applicant for a license issued by that state is initiated by state or local authorities or an agent of the state or local authorities before the license is issued. For purposes of this subsection, “background check” means a search of the National Crime Information Center database and the Interstate Identification Index maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In addition, there were complications, such as other states’ issuance of permits to citizens between 18 and 21 years old. Texas generally did not recognize many of those permits.
A valid license to carry a handgun issued by any other state is recognized in this state.
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We have Congress now, there is no valid reason to wait on this. Either the GOP grows a spine soon, or there will be no national reciprocity, ever.
What about states like Arizona that doesn’t require a license or document to carry. How will Texas deal with that?
Exactly, my state does not require a permit to carry and how will this be managed by a “reciprocal” state. But then, I have not ever worried about it since the constitution does say “Shall not be infringed ......”!!
We have Congress now, there is no valid reason to wait on this. Either the GOP grows a spine soon, or there will be no national reciprocity, ever.
The filibuster requires 60 votes in the Senate. We have 53.
Bring it up for a vote, and expose those who would deny Americans their Constitutional rights.
Then, mock, ridicule, and (not)harass them incessantly. The issue needs a face that is not just a few Montana “gun nuts”.
The fact that every law-abiding American citizen should be able to travel safely, throughout the country, needs to be emphasized.
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