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I am heading to Colorado tomorrow morning. I will be staying in Englewood at the Inverness Hotel. Anyone had any experience open carrying around Englewood, and other suburbs of Denver? I open carried all around Durango and Pagosa Springs before, but not the Denver area. Also, same question...
Are people on this thread open carrying in Boulder city of county? I cannot find any clear thread on what the last official word is on open carrying in Boulder. I understand the state preemption statutes and how local governments can prohibit open carry in specific areas or buildings by...
I had a chance to talk to some of the legislators yesterday! I asked one of our favorite ones what it will take to have Constitutional carry. His reply: we need to educate the legislators. Most of them have no idea that most states allow some form of unlicensed carry. They think we need a...
Open carry for license holders passed! HB910 removes the requirement to conceal (except for campuses, including the grounds). Same places off limits apply to concealed and open carry (in a shoulder or belt holster). Goes into effect in January 2016.
Campus carry passed! SB11 will not let...
The House and the Senate appointed conferees to meet and generate a Conference Committee report! This report once it is passed will be voted on by the entire House and Senate! We need to make sure that we contact every House and Senate member to express our support for HB910 and our support...
With the June 1st headline around the corner, this is where we stand:
Licensed open carry passed the House (HB910)and is sitting in the Senate. Licensed open carry passed the Senate (SB17) and is sitting in the House.
We need to call Dan Patrick and the entire Senate...
Sec. 38.02. FAILURE TO IDENTIFY. (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally refuses to give his name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has lawfully arrested the person and requested the information.
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I was driving south bound on 67 to Alvarado to a USPSA pistol match yesterday. Just north of Alvarado a truck pulls over to the improved shoulder on the right side, a guy gets out within seconds and starts jogging on the improved shoulder with an AR-15 on his back!!!!!!!!!!!! I was in a hurry...
Now that SB17 is scheduled for after tomorrow, different Senators and police state supporters will try to add amendments. What kind of amendments? Here are some of the dirty tricks: allow cities to opt out of the law; require not only the license, but also extra training, mandate high level...
March 17th!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have time or so inclined had to Austin!!!!!!!! It is a public hearing....
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=HB910
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=HB910
Well, finally the bill was referred to Homeland Security and public safety!!! 69 authors is awesome and the number keeps increasing!!! This is identical to the Senate bill!
On a party line vote SB11 Campus carry with an amendment requiring concealment and SB17 licensed open carry passed out of the Senate State affairs committee by a 7-2 vote. The only two democrats (who monopolized the discussion today) voted against it. Remember to vote Zaffirini and Rodney...
Good news and bad news! Constitutional Carry has 9 authors in the House and was referred to Homeland Security and Public Safety! The bad news is the vice chair is rabidly opposed to this. I don't know how the Chair stands on this Constitutional Carry HB195, but I think it's a good time to...
The Senate set hearing for Thursday on open carry SB346. This is the licensed open carry bill.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=SB346
SB342 is the Constitutional carry and hasn't been scheduled yet.
It is once again a great time to call the Sate...
For those of us who know Dan Patrick the news stories last week about him not supporting open carry were clearly media propaganda.....
http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2015/02/open-carry-bills-on-fast-track-in-texas-senate/
The following is the link to the progress of the bill...
I spoke to Dan Patrick. He does support Constitutional carry and will allow it for a floor vote. He already changed the rules to allow 19 instead of 21 Senators to bring a bill to the floor. That's huge! There are 31 Senators including him and 20 of them are Republican. This basically gives...
If you ever have to use a firearm it will financially ruin you. These guys will cover all criminal and civil attorney costs with no limit. All of our rights are only on paper unless you can afford a good attorney. I happened to go to these guys yearly seminar in Garland and I was so impressed...
I had several lengthy meetings with Dan Patrick who is currently in the Senate and as of next year he'll replace Dewhurst. He is a strong supporter of Constitutional carry and he will allow all the votes on it and support it. DO NOT shortchange yourselves by having your contacts file an...