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I agree and I noted that as well. But I think I am madder today than yesterday. Stunts like that are loathsome.joe817 wrote: I'll wager a day's pay that the committee could see straight through that veiled attempt to speak factually. Notice that no committee member asked her any questions. They wanted her gone so they could let the next person speak. But no one that I saw after her could offer anything of substance either.
I heard that particular bit of bovine product go by when she uttered it yesterday, and uttering the immortal words of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-SC, I yelled at the computer "YOU LIE!". I probably would have gotten ejected from the hearing, there was a lot of nonsense peddled by the anti- crowd at that hearing.v7a wrote:The woman who told the bold-faced lie about Texas CHL crime stats availability did not identify herself as a member of Moms Demand. However, a Google search reveals that she is the president of the Texas chapter of Moms Demand. Here's the video of the lie.
Thanks. I went back and forth on whether he said "burglar" or "burglary."jimlongley wrote:
What I heard was "cause every burglary".
I already called them. They will not do a transcript of that hearing. They will only provide an audio CD.mojo84 wrote:From the link I posted previously.
Official audio recordings and transcripts are available from the Senate Staff Services office at (512) 463-0430.
It's surprisingly hard to nail down exactly what the speakers are saying, versus what I think I hear and what I think they mean.Senator Ellis: Chief, a couple of questions, uh, ...someone made a point earlier, that uh, in order to reduce instances of campus rape, uh, by having access to guns so women could protect themselves. In the broader public I’m just wondering what is generally the case when a gun is used to uh, for the victim to protect themselves or for the perpetrator to do harm to the victim?
Chief Acevedo: You know I would argue sir rather than uh having a person armed on campus or anywhere just …{unintelligible] a process of security. I always taught my kids and myself that good sense, good judgment, stone sober, making sure you’re aware of surroundings, that’s the key to life… … good judgment.
My concern is that if there’s firearms that are now legal and authorized on campus uh in the right situation could now turn, be turned on young women and young men, and so it just creates another set of problems. In addition to that, once that person … kind of like a burglar, … break into a home, I don’t mind calling them home burglars cause every burglar, statistics being what they are sooner or later turns into an aggravated assault or a homicide. We just had one here a month ago a double homicide on a burglary.
The same thing concerns me, that now that we’re really creating an environment where people are lawfully allowed to carry firearms on campus… and we’re, we’re gonna …we’re gonna {unintelligible} sexual assault victims, that we have a lot of resources to help these young people to survive assault, uh different sources and so forth…than to potentially murder victims … and so we are very much opposed …
If having a holster, and holster retention, are such important safety issues, then I am sure any serious amendment will also require non-uniformed police officers to either fully conceal their handguns, or meet the same safety standards as licensed OC'ers. Two-level or three-level for everyone?locke_n_load wrote: I sure hope that the retention holster amendment flops, as well as the visual identification, and the holster placement requirements.
Haven't you heard? University/college is supposed to be a safe comfy multi-cultural diverse place where no one ever says anything that the university doesn't approve of, or makes you uncomfortable, never mind "stressed." Hence "trigger warnings", expelling boys without due process, cancelling tenure for conservative professors, etc.Charles L. Cotton wrote:That's exactly what I was thinking. We heard the same garbage last session.TVGuy wrote:All this talk about stress on school campuses. Is there no stress anywhere else in life?
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I'm sure he backed this up with data from all the other OC states that show how much extra resources were required when OC went into effect...Vol Texan wrote:He wants to know who is going to pay for the extra costs and manpower required of when they get a MWAG call. What additional costs are there? ...The Annoyed Man wrote:Art Acevido has been called up. ...
