Texas HB 2756 To Get Floor Vote

Tomorrow, Texas SB 905 will go to the floor for a vote. At that time, Representative George Lavendear will call a vote to amend the elitist SB 905 to attach HB 2756 on it. Representative Kleinschmidt (SB905) was asked to address the amendment himself but he told Lavender he would not. Kleinschmidt did ask Lavender…

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Texas Senate OKs Concealed Guns On Campus

The Texas Senate on Monday afternoon voted to approve a bill that will allow concealed handguns to be carried on state college campuses. The issue was attached to SB 1581 , a bill intended to collect about $30 million in fee adjustments out of education. Debate between Sen. Jeff Wentworth , R-San Antonio, and Sen.…

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Bill Lets Texas Lawmakers Carry Guns Where Public Can’t

Texas senators have voted to allow legislators and statewide elected officials who are concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into places the rest of the public is not. The bill by Sen. Dan Patrick, a Houston Republican, would let lawmakers carry their concealed handguns into bars, churches, sporting events and businesses. Patrick says…

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Open Carry Moving in Texas Legislature

A bill to allow concealed carry permit holders to also carry openly recently passed out of the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety. As the bill now heads to the floor of the House for a vote, it’s important that all representatives once again remember that Texans support the right…

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Texas Campus Carry Legislation Stalled in Senate

A measure to allow concealed carry permit holders to carry a firearm in college campus buildings stalled in the Senate for the second time earlier this week. On Wednesday, pro-gun Sen. Jeff Wentworth (R-San Antonio) offered the campus carry language as an amendment to Senate Bill 5, which is a separate bill dealing with college-related…

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