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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Texas Campus Carry Bill Scheduled for Tomorrow and Holder Stiffs Smith
From Jack Burch, via email:
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Just an update on campus carry in Texas. Last Tuesday Senate Bill 354 was heard in the Criminal Justice committee with public comment. After 4.5 hours of public comment the committee left it pending. I called the committee clerk this morning to find out the status of this bill as the committee is scheduled to meet again today. She told me that the bill was not currently scheduled for a vote but felt that it would probably be voted on by the committee on the floor of the Senate by the committee members instead of in the committee chambers. A call to the author of the bill, Senator Wentworth, was fruitless as well as they said they knew nothing. The bill has the support of at least 5 of the 8 committee members at this time so passage is likely. As it progresses I will keep you informed. In the house the bill has been passed out of committee and is currently waiting to go to the floor for a vote by the entire house. I suspect it will wait for the Senate to move forward before it goes to the house floor.
As an update, he just sent me this:
SB354 Texas Campus carry is scheduled for a vote in the Criminal Justice committee tomorrow. No question that it will pass and be heard on the Senate floor. Rumor control has it that one senator will offer a floor amendment to change the bill to require private institutions to allow CHL carry. This senator is against the bill and is trying to bring problems to it on the floor. In any event carry in college buildings looks like a good bet.
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On another note, I just got off the phone with Cong. Lamar Smith's office to find out what he is doing as the chair of the Judiciary Committee on Fast & Furious. As you might remember Mr. Smith sent a letter to Eric Holder demanding answers and gave him a deadline of 18 March to answer. To date I have not seen any answers published. To no surprise I got "We are not aware of any reply by Mr. Holder". I contacted our local rep from his office and she stated that she would call and find out what she could. Guess I'm a dumb redneck but it looks like they will not answer until Holder et al are brought in front of a committee and put under oath. Wonder how long it will take to get them there. Adding pressure where possible.
If At First You Don't Succeed...
Since its inception in March 2001, a total 311,859 shell casings have been cataloged. At an estimated cost of $4 million dollars per year, $40 million dollars has been spent on CoBIS over the past decade.So naturally, we need to up the ante with microstamping.
What have taxpayers received for this? Absolutely nothing. Not a single crime has been solved because of it. [More]
What's the definition of insanity again?
[Via William T]
Safer Streets/Liberty News
John Longenecker asks "what would happen if America saw the repeal of all gun laws?" [More]
‘Pro-gun Democrats’ AWOL from ‘Project Gunwalker’
So then where the hell are the supposedly “pro-gun Democrats”?Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary challenges NRA to expend some political capital to do what is necessary.
Why has not one stepped forward and demanded full and open investigative hearings in both the House and Senate? [More]
Regular readers: Take it from one of the guys who made this whole Project Gunwalker story happen--your support in this is absolutely critical. Please contact NRA and please share the link. Right now.
I hope you don't think either Mike or I have sufficient influence without your being a force multiplier, and if we can't force the Democrat-dominated Senate Judiciary Committee's hand, Chuck Grassley, for all his fine efforts to date, will remain a caged cat.
