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ELB wrote:Side-by-side comparisons of the introduced and substituted versions are here: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/ ... 00910H.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jasonw560 wrote:Because it hasn't gotten out of committee yet.

CJD wrote:

v7a wrote:

The committee did not vote on a separate bill allowing concealed handguns in university dorms, classrooms and other buildings.

Phillips, chairman of the committee, said the panel will wait for the Senate’s campus-carry bill to be referred to the panel. Senate Bill 11, which would allow private colleges to opt out, was approved last week on a party-line Senate vote.

Any speculation on why they would wait for SB11 but not SB17?

Perhaps they substituted the same language.

RoyGBiv wrote:Should I view it as a positive that the only objections seem to be coming from hospitals?
General anti-2A folks notwithstanding.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

TVGuy wrote:did anyone catch the first 30-45 minutes of the Homeland Security committee meeting. Was any action taken on 910? (or any other pending bills for that matter)

Testimony was taken, but the Bill was not voted. All bills in that committee are "left pending" until the next committee hearing. Then some bills are voted on, some are not. Those that are not are either undergoing changes, or are dead.

Chas.

steveincowtown wrote:

TVGuy wrote:By my count there are now 80 authors/co-authors on HB 910. Growing by the week.

I personally believe the reps are becoming co authors is to show Straus that play time is over.

RPBrown wrote:

TVGuy wrote:I see the Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to meet again next Tuesday, 3/24. Are we expecting a vote on OC and Campus Carry bill in that meeting?

I just checked the schedule for this committee on 3/24 and it is not on the schedule.

RogueUSMC wrote: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!

K5GU wrote:

v7a wrote:

TVGuy wrote:

v7a wrote:Surprised how strongly Representative Nevarez pushed back on the witness who claimed (referencing this article) that Campus Carry will take 40 gazillion dollars away from cancer research. While he's obviously still going to vote against, I have some newfound respect for him.

Are you sure that was Navarez? I didn't think he was in the room at the time.

Not sure from the video, but I thought it was his voice. I might be mistaken though.

It was Nevarez if you're talking about the testimony mentioning MD Anderson's cost of $20 m for gun safes. Please correct me but doesn't the existing laws prohibit CHL carry in a hospital? So, what's logical about a hospital buying gun safes?

joelamosobadiah wrote:The camera angle was much better in the Senate Committee. Made it much easier to see who was speaking and facial expressions, etc.