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p.s. Heflin's staffer said they have been getting lots of calls about his dropping off as an author -- that's why she was asking if the NRA or somebody tracks this kind of stuff -- I think she was wondering how so many knew about it.

elb

OK, finished calling all members of the committees and the three others who dropped their co-authorship.

Had a chat with a staffer for Rep Heflin -- she was curious about how I knew that he had backed off on the bill, whether the NRA and others track this stuff. She said they had been getting a lot of calls on this issue. I told her of course, these are important issues for them, and for me, and that's why I am a member. She actually seemed curious about it, not "aha you're an lobbyist" kind of respone. She mentioned that some Virginia Tech survivors were brought by to claim that a student having a gun there would not have made any difference. I pointed out some examples to the contrary that I knew off the top of my head (Pearl MS, New Life Church), and that the only mass shootings that had more than three killed were in the so-called gun-free zones.

I offered to send her the SCCC handbook, and she agreed, so I emailed her the link and restated some of the arguments for campus carry in the body of the email.

Talked to Rep Harless's staffer too, and while she promised to pass along my comments, the meaing I got from her comments was that Harliss is being swayed more by opposition from some of her constituents. Also she (the staffer) said there were some amendments (apparently being prepared for the floor?) t hat she is opposed to --but the staffer didn't know the detail. ??

elb

Here is a list of both committees that Mr. Cotton cited, along with phone numbers. This is a copy of the post on the other thread dealing with Campus Carry. I see someone above listed the Senate committee numbers, but not the house. Here's both together:

All Capitol legislative numbers are prefaced with 512-463-. Just add the four digits below.

House Committee on Calendars
Chair: Rep. Brian McCall 0594
Vice Chair: Rep. Eddie Lucio III 0606
Members:
Rep. Norma Chavez 0622
Rep. Garnet Coleman 0524
Rep. Byron Cook 0730
Rep. Brandon Creighton 0726
Rep. Charlie Geren 0610
Rep. Jim Keffer 0656
Rep. Lois W. Kolkhorst 0600
Rep. Edmund Kuempel 0602
Rep. Jim McReynolds 0490
Rep. Allan Ritter 0706
Rep. Burt R. Solomons 0478

Chair: Sen. Robert Duncan 0128
Vice Chair: Sen. Bob Deuell 0102
Members:
Sen. John Carona 0116
Sen. Rodney Ellis 0113
Sen. Troy Fraser 0124
Sen. Chris Harris 0109
Sen. Mike Jackson 0111
Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. 0127
Sen. Leticia Van de Putte 0126