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AJSully421 wrote:How about adding Knives, Stun Guns, Air Rifles, BB Guns, Batons, Texting Bans, Rabid Squirrels... or anything else you anti-freedom nanny liberals!

There is another bill that includes illegal knives, personal defense sprays, and electronic taser-like gizmos, but I don't think it's going anywhere. You could try to get your rep to add amendments for the squirrels I guess.

Maxwell wrote:So would this counteract San Antonio's laws against carrying locking blade knives?

Yes, I believe so.

I hadn't seen this earlier, found no mention of it on the forum under "HB905" nor "HB 905".

It appears to pre-empt local government regulation of knives by amending the Local Government Code.

Specifically, it adds knives to the following:

Sections 229.001(a), (b), (d), and (e), Local Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 43.002
of this code and Chapter 251, Agriculture Code, a municipality may
not adopt regulations relating to:
(1) the transfer, private ownership, keeping,
transportation, licensing, or registration of firearms, air guns,
knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies;

Best of all, it has been voted out of the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee on a 9-0 vote, and has been placed on the Local and Consent Calendar. IIRC, the Local and Consent Calendar is where bills are placed that are expected to not be controversial and will easily pass the House on a floor vote.

This is not of the magnitude of some other bills, but it is very welcome.

Yay.

There is no Senate companion listed, I hope it gets voted through quickly so the Senate can pass it as well. The Senate has a Global Pre-emption bill, SB 343, but it does not appear to be moving. It was assigned to the Senate State Affairs Committee on 2/2 and appears nothing has happened since.