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A number of the articles I read said they'll be able to carry in churches, restaurants, and sporting events, unlike other CHL holders.

What a crazy mish-mash of misunderstandings! Churches are listed but no longer forbidden for anyone, restaurants aren't listed at all and what I suppose they meant was bars, and sporting events is listed as a current restriction with the nuance of being professional sporting events, not Little League or a neighborhood pick-up game of b-ball. The news is just getting it ALL wrong, and now people will think all CHL holders are typically restricted from churches, restaurants, and any sporting event because of it.

I predict someone becoming alarmed not because of a firearm, but because of the perceived breach of law when they discover someone carries in one of the places the news said was off-limits.

Snap E Tom wrote:Sorry if I didn't catch this earlier, but why in the world would Zaffirini accept SB354 as an amendment to SB5 if she was against campus carry in the first place?

She didn't. She opposed it and they took a vote and she lost. At that point, her choices were to add more amendments to gut Wentworth's amendment (which failed), to allow her bill to go to a vote (which would have passed campus carry), or to withdraw her bill (which is what she did).

terryg wrote:

Hoi Polloi wrote:The conversation at our house tonight about Campus Carry passing the Senate brought to mind this clip:

I love the Princess Bride!!!!!!

(but the clip can't be embedded ...)

Argh! I could only find one other copy of that clip online and that one apparently can't be embedded, either. Frustrating!

The conversation at our house tonight about Campus Carry passing the Senate brought to mind this clip:

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OldSchool wrote:Great news to hear on the tarmac in LA!!! (Is that irony, or what?)

Uh, what is "engrossment" (seriously)?

I had to look it up, too. I found a really cool website!

Guide to Texas Legislative Information (GTLI) --> Process for a Bill --> Floor Action

"When the bill is passed in the originating chamber, the bill is engrossed (all corrections and amendments are incorporated into it), and an exact and accurate copy of the engrossed bill is prepared and sent to the opposite chamber for consideration."

Does this mean there was no private school opt-out?

I'm just catching up for today. IIRC, to make it germane to Zaff's bill, he couldn't have the private school opt-out. I'm wondering if that carried over.