Bill: SB 1581 Caption: Relating to state fiscal matters related to public and higher education. Senate Status: Passed by Senate (Vote: 19 aye, 12 nay) House Committee: Public Education (Out) Status Change: Placed on general calendar for May 23rd, 2011 Bill: HB 2560 Caption: Relating to transporting a foster child in a vehicle where a…
Read MoreThere are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. James Madison Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention June 16, 1788
Read MoreBill: HB 2560 Caption: Relating to transporting a foster child in a vehicle where a handgun is in the possession of a foster parent licensed to carry a concealed handgun. House Status: Passed (Vote: 134 aye, 2 nay, 2 present not voting) Senate Committee: Criminal Justice Committee Status: Scheduled for public hearing on May 20th,…
Read MoreA measure to make it legal to carry concealed handguns in college classrooms was likely shot down for good Thursday evening in the Texas House. After the controversial “campus carry” measure stalled repeatedly in the Senate, state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, had finally attached the proposal as an amendment to a must-pass fiscal matters…
Read MoreZeppelin A History of the World in 100 Weapons tells the stories of the hundred definitive weapons whose effects have been the most revolutionary, changing the way war is waged and the very world we live in. From the gladius of ancient Rome to the AK-47, all one hundred are revealed in an array of…
Read MoreJust out of curiosity, I was looking around in the logs today. The number of hits to the site shocked me. I’m just shy of 2,000,000 hits. As of right now, the value is 1,911,868.
Read MoreBill: HB 1379 Caption: Relating to the purchasing of a firearm from the county by an honorably retired law enforcement officer. House Status: Passed, Record Vote #375 (142 aye, 1 nay) Senate Status: Passed (Vote: 31 aye, 0 nay) Bill: HB 1083 Caption: Relating to the issuance of an identification card to certain honorably retired…
Read MoreGeorge Doughty of Lafayette, Colorado, won’t have any more problems with his computer. He was accused of shooting his Dell laptop four times with a Smith & Wesson revolver in the middle of his Sportsman’s Inn Bar and Restaurant. He then allegedly hung the remains of the laptop on the wall ‘like a hunting trophy,’…
Read More2025 Texas Gun Legislation
Legislation affecting gun rights in the 2023 session.
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