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by CleverNickname
Fri May 19, 2017 10:40 am
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: HB 560 - Holy Grail?
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Re: HB 560 - Holy Grail?

HJR (whatever) - The Every Child Should Have a Cute Puppy or Kitten Act - modifies Article 1, Section 23 of the Texas Constitution to remove the phrase "but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.”
by CleverNickname
Sat Jan 07, 2017 8:47 pm
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: HB 560 - Holy Grail?
Replies: 415
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Re: HB 560 - Holy Grail?

Flightmare wrote:
Treybadd wrote:Well, that is dissapointing. It is absolutely ridiculous to prevent us from even having it in the car. :mad5
I agree. I would recommend writing your Congressman/Congresswoman and ask them to sponsor some legislation to remove that as an off limits location.
I suppose post offices could be added to the HB 38 reciprocity bill, but that might make the whole bill less likely to pass. The bill does make other government property (e.g. Army Corps of Engineer land) legal to carry on.
by CleverNickname
Thu Dec 15, 2016 11:45 pm
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: HB 560 - Holy Grail?
Replies: 415
Views: 161165

Re: HB 560 - Holy Grail?

Charles L. Cotton wrote:
Ruark wrote:
....LTC 21 times less likely to commit a crime than the general public"...
Another little data point I've read often, although I haven't seen a cite, is that "police officers are seven times more likely to commit crimes than LTC holders." Seems like this would make an effective point in a committee or on the floor, but I haven't heard anybody use it.
That ratio came from an Open Records Request I sent to TCLEOSE (now TCOLE) in 2013 for the 2013 Texas Legislative Session. I do not publish the written document I received and I quote from it sparingly. People try to claim I am attacking LEOs, but that's a lie. A "seven times" ratio is excellent.

I don't get the LEO data every session, only when I think it may be needed. I am going to get it for this session for obvious reasons.

Chas.
Is the crime data age-adjusted? I wonder if the difference is just from the difference of the average age of an LTC holder vs. the average age of a peace officer. I would assume the average age of a peace officer is lower, and younger people generally are less law-abiding.

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