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Every legislative session, we have far more on our plate than we can get passed, so we have to prioritize. To move up the priority list, an issue must be both important and winnable. I’m not talking about winnable for face-saving purposes, but so we make the best use of our time, resources and political goodwill. I’m not even talking about winnable in one legislative session, but achievable over time. We lost employer parking lots, but we’re back again. We lost CHL for many years, but we kept at it because we knew we could do it. I’ll be very candid, I have a few issues I want to see addressed and one of them is very important to me. However, there simply wasn’t time to add it to the menu this session, so it will have to wait. I wish we could get it in, but that’s reality and I have to understand and keep working on the “official� agenda.

Our friends in the House and Senate also have a huge number of bills to deal with, so there is only so much time they can devote to our legislative agenda. We must be considerate of their other obligations and issues, or we will quickly be perceived as overly-demanding and unconcerned about their schedules and commitments. If that happens, it takes years to shed that reputation and regain their trust and cooperation.

As for school carry, I’m not sure I will live long enough to see that come about, if it ever does. Perhaps at the college/university level it’s doable, with a lot of work, but even that will be a much tougher battle than employer parking lots and CHL itself. It would have to be severely limited to keep guns our of frat houses, parties, etc.

Chas.