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Charles L. Cotton wrote:

JonMcClellan wrote:Here is a link to the news story where Perry comes out in support of concealed carry on campus.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/te ... -on-campus

Hopefully we can get this passed next legislative session. Last session Republican Rep. Joe Drive authored HB 1893 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup ... ill=HB1893 that was supported by a bipartisan majority in the Texas House but was killed at the end of the legislative session due to the Democrats time wasting tactic of "chubbing" to kill the Voter ID bill.

Show your support for Governor Perry for standing up for our 2nd amendment rights here, http://hq.rickperry.org/join/2d117

While the campus-carry and employer parking lot bills died on the House floor, they did so because the House Calendars Committee "tagged" the bills to keep them from being put on the House Calendar until it was too late for them to come up for debate. We can thank then-Chairman McCall and Rep. Coleman for the failure of these two bills. Thankfully, McCall didn't run for reelection. It is also important to note that the Speaker of the House makes all committee appointments and he also appoints committee chairmen and vice-chairmen. Therefore, if the Speaker doesn't want a bill to get out of the Calendars Committee, it doesn't. Remember that Rep. Joe Straus from San Antonio was elected Speaker of the House by a vote of all Democrats and a handful of Republicans who didn't want Rep. Craddick be return as Speaker.

Chas.