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Bladed wrote:

RogueUSMC wrote:But once the amendments get tacked on, I don't think they are companions like that any more...

Amendments and committee substitutes don't affect "companion" status. In fact, the Speaker or the Lieutenant Governor (depending on the chamber) can make a companion bill of a bill that wasn't originally listed as a companion bill.

Cool. That is good to know.

But once the amendments get tacked on, I don't think they are companions like that any more...

K.Mooneyham wrote:

joe817 wrote:

K.Mooneyham wrote:I've got what may be a dumb question but here goes anyway: how do they pick who is allowed to speak to the committee? I mean, Alice Tripp, of course she should. And as much as I cannot stand them, the Mothers group is a "public advocacy group", so I can see that, too. But where do they get some of these people?

Actually the process is pretty straight forward. You fill in a 'request to speak card' and turn it in, and then wait your turn. Anybody can. You just have to get to Austin to speak. I don't think there's a "selection process".

Thank you for a straightforward reply. I seriously didn't realize that. I'm floored that the person doesn't have to have any expertise on the subject, just fill out a card and there you go. Yay for an open democratic process and all, but I really don't see how that helps when the bulk of the regular, law-abiding citizenry are at work, instead of in Austin ranting. I'd rather be represented by people like Mr. Cotton, for instance, or perhaps someone like John Lott, folks who have expertise on the subject and can speak in a rational, articulate manner on the topic.

Theoretically, you ARE represented by people like that...they are called senators and congressmen...

All this over a statistical non-issue...

A discussion with a coworker resulted in us doing the math.

12000 Tyler Junior College student population
3000 For the sake of argument split the classes up evenly four ways allowing the seniors to be in the agegroup that can have a license
90 Roughly 3% of the states population has chosen to obtain a license
45 Polls have shown about half of license holders donnot carry on a regular basis

So, that is roughly 45 out of 12000 that might, statistically, be carrying a gun on a regular basis.

Add to that the fact that those 45 are 17 times less likely to break the law than the other 11955.

A statistical non-issue made out to be an unbelievable crisis!