Oh great; now you're going to tell me you were in first grade! Thanks for the kind words.Diode wrote:Yikes, that's way back when. Well it may be a tad late but thank you for al lthe work over the years.Charles L. Cotton wrote:I know gigag04 meant to say Killeen instead of Waco.This was a major media event that really drew attention to the CHL effort. However, the effort began well before the 1993 Texas Legislative Session.
I wrote a CHL bill in 1980 for introduction in the 1981 Session. Unfortunately, John Lennon was killed by a guy with a handgun in Dec. 1980 and this touched off a nationwide furor against handguns. The House sponsor said it not only wouldn't pass in 1981, but it would be counter productive to even introduce it. (He had a Senate sponsor I never knew.) I don't recall when it was actually introduced the first time, but by that point, it wasn't what I had drafted.
Regards,
Chas.
Chas.