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WildRose wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:26 pm

flechero wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:07 pm

Bitter Clinger wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:42 pm Cruz leads O'Rourke 54-45 in Quinnipuac poll

While good news... it scares me a bit that it's only 9 pts. That's within the margin of a big dem turnout, which usually doesn't happen here (according to several articles I read recently) but could if other forces fire them up. I'd like to see a 25-30 pt spread, then I'd be comfortable!

This is always the case, it will come down to turnout. Cruz so far has not really campaigned and what little he's done has been at best ineffectual. He hasn't been out there busting his butt like he did to win the seat originally.

Hopefully that is soon to change and he'll pour it on from now till election day. He's supposed to have an appearance in Lubbock over the weekend I believe, hopefully we see a big turnout.

Either way it's up to us to be energized, educate anyone who will discuss the issues, and ensure that our side turns out and votes in large numbers.

The candidates can only do so much, the rest is up to us.

PriestTheRunner wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:52 am

RogueUSMC wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:30 am

PriestTheRunner wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:06 pm

rotor wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:46 pm Slightly off topic but Ted Cruz will be in Wichita Falls on Oct. 3, 2018 and apparently Donald Trump Jr will be with him and I plan on going. It will be in a city owned property and I am wondering if concealed carry will be allowed. Secret service might prohibit?

SS has a legal duty to prohibit, though I don't know if that extends to all of their protect-ees or just the POTUS. Might want to call ahead to local PD or just leave it in the car.

They do not have a 'legal duty' to prohibit...

They have a legal duty to provide threat assessment regarding the functions they oversee. If that threat assessment includes the reasonable risk that a pot-shot may be taken at a protectee, then they have the legal authority (and responsibility) to ban all firearms.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3056
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/879
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-106p ... ubl544.htm

(a) Establishment.--The United States Secret Service (hereafter in
this section referred to as the ``Service''), at the direction of the
Secretary of the Treasury, may establish the National Threat Assessment
Center (hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Center'') as a
unit within the Service.
(b) Functions.--The Service may provide the following to Federal,
State, and local law enforcement agencies through the Center:
(1) Training in the area of threat assessment.
(2) Consultation on complex threat assessment cases or
plans.
(3) Research on threat assessment and the prevention of
targeted violence.
(4) Facilitation of information sharing among all such
agencies with protective or public safety responsibilities.
(5) Programs to promote the standardization of Federal,
State, and local threat assessments and investigations involving
threats.
(6) Any other activities the Secretary determines are
necessary to implement a comprehensive threat assessment
capability.

The Secret Service said Tuesday that it had the authority to ban guns from sites visited by presidential candidates under its protection.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/p ... ebate.html

PriestTheRunner wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:06 pm

rotor wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:46 pm Slightly off topic but Ted Cruz will be in Wichita Falls on Oct. 3, 2018 and apparently Donald Trump Jr will be with him and I plan on going. It will be in a city owned property and I am wondering if concealed carry will be allowed. Secret service might prohibit?

SS has a legal duty to prohibit, though I don't know if that extends to all of their protect-ees or just the POTUS. Might want to call ahead to local PD or just leave it in the car.