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[quote="Baytown"]fitftycal, I am a cop, and I work in Harris County. As any police officer in Harris County will tell you, there is TX law and then there is Harris County law.

The DA would not even take the 46.02 much less the felony stick. The ADA explained that she was not actually in the care, custody, or control of it at the time in which the handgun was found. (It was in her car)
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Then what you have is not a problem with the "law", but a problem with "lawyers".

What makes you think that a law against having a gun on the school parking lot is going to cause your DA's to take that case when they would have had(in any other county) a clear case of UCW?
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At the same time I would hate to have to jack-up a kid who has a hunting gun, even if it was a handgun in his or her truck or car, that forgot it was there. The schools like to talk about open mindedness and etc, but they sure seem to be closed minded when it comes to guns.
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How would you know? Take their word for it? And the "zero-common-sense" laws now on the books need to be revoked. Kids are being put in "alternative" schools for giving a midol to a friend or having a butter knive in their car.

HUGE waste of time and energy. But the educrats want MORE of it.

Tell me, if a gun in the school parking lot is such a problem, why isn't a gun in the home an equally big problem? If a kid has a car, what is to prevent them from driving home (probably less than 10 minutes) and then returning with a gun?

Is the next step going to be banning guns from homes that have a "school age" kid in them?

TraCoun wrote:Does it do any good to contact a state senator who is not "your's"?

ABSOLUTELY! Call up a Rep./Senator and tell them who you are and why you are calling. If you are calling someone that is your Rep./Sen. it makes a bigger impact, BUT, you call up and ask for the person that knows about the bill(you probably won't get to talk to the legislator) and express your reasons against/for the bill it WILL make an impression.

On SB 167, I called (not my Senator) and talked with the "legislative director" for 20 minutes. Explained why the bill is/was a bad idea. Maybe 5-10 more people called the same day (1 day after bill was filed). Now the aide is saying they will "change" the bill.

Did it make a difference? Maybe. The bill may not have had a hearing in the first place. Did the "aide" lie? Maybe. That is why it's good the lege only meets 6 months every 2 years. You have to keep up with the bills and IF the bill gets a hearing, you GOTTA showup.

But you think that "pro-gun" Senator is now "gun shy" about bringing anti-gun bills?

You bet.

Everyone should remember that every elected legislator represents hundreds of thousands of people. Most of those people are too lazy/could care less about what is going on.

But people that take the time to call those legislators CAN make a difference. Squeaky wheel and all.

[quote="Baytown"]There should be some action to take against those who have handguns(not long guns) in school parking lots that do not hold a permit. I once caught a student in the parking lot of the school I was assigned to and there were no charges that I could file.
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Really? Why not? Do you mean you couldn't file FELONY charges? Why didn't you file under PC 46.02?

Are you a cop?

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I wrote her mother a ticket for allowing a minor access to a firearm. (I did not ever see myself writing such a left-wing ticket, but in this case I made an exception.)

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Was she under 17? Why was she carrying a pistola in the first place?

Chris Harris is a senator from Arlington. He was endorsed by TSRA and "A" rated. Maybe he is just uninformed.

Why don't we all call him and ask for an explanation?

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