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Charles L. Cotton wrote:

Diode wrote:

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.

Yikes, that's way back when. Well it may be a tad late but thank you for al lthe work over the years.

Oh great; now you're going to tell me you were in first grade! Thanks for the kind words.

Chas.

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.

gigag04 wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:I know gigag04 meant to say Killeen instead of Waco.

Yup...first post of the morning...getting my massacre locations mixed up.

-nick

gigag04 wrote:

Diode wrote: Anyway, I'd like to know what started the CHL movement and when it actually happened. If someone feels inclined or hook me up with a link.

The Luby's incident in Waco:



Luby's massacre
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On October 16, 1991 in Killeen, Texas a man named George Hennard drove his truck into a Luby's Restaurant, and then opened fire on the restaurant's patrons and staff. He killed 23 people before he killed himself. As a direct result of this massacre, in 1995 Texas lawmakers, led by Suzanna Gratia Hupp (whose parents were both killed in the massacre), passed a law that allowed Texas citizens to obtain a concealed carry handgun permit in part as a reaction against the massacre.



External links

* http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/09/11/l ... ssacre.ap/
* http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/ ... side1.html