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Special Session?
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GEM-Texas »
Mon May 30, 2011 4:11 pm
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On some other forums, proponents of campus carry seem to think that if Perry is forced to call a special session, campus carry can resurface.
From...
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I keep waking up every morning hoping to hear the early morning commentators squawking about how Perry added campus carry to the special session...
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Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:49 pm
Nevada guns on campus UPDATE
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RPB »
Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:03 pm
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Nevada guns on campus HEARING RIGHT NOW LINK
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Nevada update
Nevada guns on campus DENIED VOTE
After it passed Senate, they are intending to kill it in the Assembly (House)
See who is...
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Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:42 am
30.06 notices on campus buildings
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J.R.@A&M »
Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:19 am
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Yesterday, we moved into a new building on the A&M campus. On walking in with my first dolly load of junk, I was met by what looks like standard,...
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During the recent school bond votes, I worked at polling stations in two different Seguin schools. Both had 30.06 signs...posted in the teacher...
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:49 pm
LA hearing today
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RPB »
Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:05 pm
HB413 onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
WOOTON
INVOLUNTARILY DEFERRED IN HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Considered on 6/1/2011 onclick=...
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Last post by RPB
Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:05 pm
How do we *effectively* turn the tide on college campuses?
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Hoi Polloi »
Fri May 20, 2011 6:08 pm
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Below is an excerpt from a post Charles made today on the thread discussing the Campus Carry bill. It made me start thinking of how to reach this...
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THEY accuse US of bringing up Virginia Tech (where it isn't illegal but is against policy and was foreseeable so they've paid multi-millions in...
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:38 am
Campus Carry. What Happened?
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Ameer »
Sun May 22, 2011 8:39 pm
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What happened? :headscratch
Three months ago, Charles sounded certain campus carry would pass this year.
Now we're in a situation where we didn't...
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I'm quite dissapointed this initiative FAILED... what the heck.. do we need a genuine dissaster like Virginia Tech before Strauss and his gang wake up and...
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Last post by para driver
Fri May 27, 2011 11:10 pm
Concealed Carry on Campus Opinion
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AJ80 »
Wed May 25, 2011 1:54 pm
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About concealed carry legislation in Louisiana.
Maybe if it passes there, it will be less shocking to so many people here.
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So any legislation needs to be titled something like, Concealed Carry for CHL holders on campus. The first lines need to spell out: Concealed Carry...
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Thu May 26, 2011 6:13 pm
Seeking properly done opinion poll on Texas campus carry
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by oldtexan » Fri May 20, 2011 9:35 am
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Does anyone here know of a properly done study of opinions on campus carry in Texas? Anyone have a link? I haven't seen any and am trying to find...
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Cut the session in half, all fluff done in the 2 years between sessions, give them vouchers for the value menu breakfasts and Happy Meals and they...
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Last post by Jasonw560
Tue May 24, 2011 11:18 am
Professors plan to boycott classes where students carry
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Monker10 »
Tue May 10, 2011 11:06 am
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This is hilarious :smilelol5:
quote from the linked article If the bill in Texas becomes law, some professors there have said they plan to include a...
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You make that point perfectly, they must NEVER, not EVER, leave the confines of their classroom... for fear of mingling with 500k+ CHL holders at the...
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Last post by para driver
Sat May 21, 2011 5:25 pm
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Sat May 21, 2011 4:19 pm
Charles - Question re: SB354
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by
JJVP »
Sat May 21, 2011 9:01 am
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As we all know when Wentworth was unable to secure the necessary votes for SB354, he when with plan B and attached SB354 as amendments to SB5 first...
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I notice the germane question doesn't come up when the socialists sneak things in. Maybe the conservatives know which side Straus favors.
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Last post by tbrown
Sat May 21, 2011 2:43 pm
SB 1581 on the calendar
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baldeagle »
Mon May 16, 2011 9:06 pm
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SB 1581 is on the Major State Calendar for tomorrow. This is the education bill that Senator Wentworth amended to include campus carry for public...
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Anybody heard anything else?
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Last post by 40khammer
Fri May 20, 2011 12:19 am
Campus Carry Opinion
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mreavis »
Wed May 18, 2011 3:29 pm
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It's pretty much crunch time and we will know soon what will happen with campus carry in Texas. Just wondering what everyones feelings are on the out...
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I voted undecided. I don't have any special insight about this matter, and from my perch it looks like it could go either way.
I am very much in...
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Last post by oldtexan
Thu May 19, 2011 9:57 am
HB750 has not been turned into House Calendars Yet
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TracerTong »
Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:15 am
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Hey guys,
I just called the House Calendars Committee office today to register my opinion that they send HB 750 for a floor vote.
The Clerk from...
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We need to fire the guy who appointed the calendar committee.
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Last post by BrianSW99
Wed May 18, 2011 9:07 pm
A&M Faculty Cleared Of Wrong-Doing
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AJ80 »
Wed May 18, 2011 9:51 am
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Last post by The Mad Moderate
Wed May 18, 2011 9:57 am
Call to Action for Wednesday (We're So Close!)
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Kory Zipperer »
Wed May 11, 2011 7:35 am
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Campus Carry advocates - today, please:
1. Call, email, or fax Representative Aycock and Representative Pitt's office and ask their staff to...
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Even worse are the private schools that get to have police departments even though they're not government.
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Last post by boba
Tue May 17, 2011 6:16 pm
UPDATE! Passed SB 1581 Appropriations committee!
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txsccc »
Fri May 13, 2011 3:16 pm
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We just received the results of the House Appropriations Committee vote on SB 1581, and while the votes fell pretty much as expected, there are a few...
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Today at 2 pm is the deadline for any amendments which can change SB 1581
Campus carry is very alive
Any Amendments to the bill must be turned...
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Last post by RPB
Tue May 17, 2011 6:58 am
FINAL Call to Action
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Kory Zipperer »
Mon May 16, 2011 1:26 pm
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Senate Bill 1581 has passed out of the House Appropriations Committee with Senator Wentworth's campus carry amendment still attached. And, as of this...
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Your fax to Rep. Straus, at 2108329994 has failed because the phone line was unexpectedly disconnected
just grrrrr :grumble
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Last post by RPB
Mon May 16, 2011 5:22 pm
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Last post by AJ80
Sun May 15, 2011 12:02 am
It Is Possible!
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by Thomas » Sat May 14, 2011 8:05 pm
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Someone I know attended his son's graduation from a small Texas university campus. From what I know, he got written authorization to carry with his...
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I live across the street from South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. (It's a 2-year college, but with an enrollment of 10K+, it's larger than a...
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Last post by mgood
Sat May 14, 2011 10:09 pm
Heller/McDonald and college dorms
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A-R »
Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:20 am
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Something in the back of my mind that campus carry bill (if it can pass - getting iffier by the day :grumble ) would correct. But assume for a moment...
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Our tax dollars at work. :roll:
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Last post by tbrown
Fri May 13, 2011 8:21 pm
San Antonio kens 5 news story today
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RPB »
Thu May 12, 2011 11:02 pm
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You are welcome.
Source = numerous articles at : onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
I obtained a Chevy Lumina 10 years ago ... don't...
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Last post by RPB
Fri May 13, 2011 4:53 pm
I couldn't stand it
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Jasonw560 »
Thu May 12, 2011 12:40 am
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:banghead: After months of reading articles like this:
I felt it was my duty to respond. Here is the letter I wrote this...
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Once again, you are correct. I shall remedy that this morning. :tiphat:
Edit: Mr. TAM, fixed the link. Hope that works for you now.
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Last post by Jasonw560
Thu May 12, 2011 8:06 am
Campus shooting in California
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The Mad Moderate »
Wed May 11, 2011 9:02 am
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Three dead after campus shooting at San Jose State University.
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How could this possibly happen in...
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It is unfortunate for the victims, their families, and educated observers that this keeps happening. People are DYING because most individuals won't...
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Last post by mreavis
Wed May 11, 2011 11:39 am
UT Austin/API article Guns-Campus
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RPB »
Wed May 11, 2011 4:28 am
In the Daily Texan at UT Austin
Texas Senate approves guns on campus
Published 10 May 2011 at 3:22 PM By The Associated Press
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Last post by RPB
Wed May 11, 2011 4:28 am
Call Your Rep TODAY To Help Campus Carry!
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Kory Zipperer »
Tue May 10, 2011 7:11 am
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Campus Carry Advocates:
As you’ve likely already heard, campus carry was passed out of the Texas Senate today ( onclick=...
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4:00 a.m. Wed got my Wed. faxes sent and e-mails sent
will make calls again when sunrise comes :lol:
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Last post by RPB
Wed May 11, 2011 4:21 am
SB354 offered as amendement to SB 1581
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baldeagle »
Mon May 09, 2011 2:56 pm
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Fun in the Senate today. Senator Zaffirini offered SB 5 as amendment #4 to SB 1581, which was acceptable to the author, Senator Ogden. Wentworth then...
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Never has a single sentence more perfectly described the character of a person.
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Last post by A-R
Tue May 10, 2011 6:34 pm
Help me find direct email addresses!
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by
UpTheIrons »
Tue May 10, 2011 5:08 pm
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I'm sending (another) email out to more of us , and I'd like to inclue direct email addresses instead of links to the rep's contact page. I'd really...
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Thanks!
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Last post by UpTheIrons
Tue May 10, 2011 6:07 pm
Universities creating regulations against students carrying
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by
aggie10 »
Mon May 09, 2011 7:15 pm
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If the concealed carry on campus bill passes will schools be able to create regulations in the student/staff handbook that keep students from...
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Disagree. When you read it in its full context in Penal Code §46.03, it says:
(1) it is illegal to carry on the premises of schools except
(2) it...
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Last post by hirundo82
Tue May 10, 2011 12:23 pm
senate passed cc on c bill?
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bigmoney »
Mon May 09, 2011 10:09 pm
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khou just said that the senate passed a bill for cc on public college campuses. I don't see anything on here about it unless I missed something?...
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new call to action on it for House
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Mon May 09, 2011 10:17 pm
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Last post by RPB
Mon May 09, 2011 7:57 pm
KXAN article (senate passing)
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mreavis »
Mon May 09, 2011 6:16 pm
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Senate OKs concealed guns on campus
Attached to SB 1581
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Last post by Keith B
Mon May 09, 2011 6:29 pm
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Last post by RPB
Mon May 09, 2011 3:00 pm
Call to Action--Time is Running Out
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by
txsccc »
Sat May 07, 2011 4:32 pm
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Action Needed: Our house bill (HB. 750) WILL BE DEAD if not scheduled by Monday to be heard on the floor. Please call, email and fax these house...
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Hypocrites. Passing campus carry (plus a lot more) for themselves while blocking campus carry for voters.
I hope the voters remember the betrayal...
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Last post by OCD
Mon May 09, 2011 1:54 pm
A&M article-Call for carry
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RPB »
Mon May 09, 2011 7:39 am
Call for carry
Madison Welch: Sen. Steve Ogden, life isn’t fair
By Madison Welch
Published: Monday, May 9, 2011
Updated: Monday, May 9, 2011 01:05...
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Last post by RPB
Mon May 09, 2011 7:39 am
Good news for SB 354?
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baldeagle »
Fri May 06, 2011 4:45 pm
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See the above post and make the calls/faxes/e-mails ... only squeaky wheels get greased. Woods is squeaking ... see all...
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Last post by RPB
Sat May 07, 2011 7:03 am
Please Email these 19 Senators Today!!!
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txsccc »
Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:31 pm
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If you’ve already contacted Lieutenant Governor Dewhurst’s office and told him that you support campus carry, this is what we need you to do THIS...
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FYI: my note to Hegar was deleted before reading.
Another person who doesn't like my prose....
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Last post by OldSchool
Fri May 06, 2011 11:41 pm
2 UT Austin Articles
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RPB »
Fri May 06, 2011 8:54 am
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Published 6 May 2011 at 2:41 AM By Melissa Ayala
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UT Austin:
Student robbed at gunpoint
Published 5 May 2011 at 1:52 PM By Joe Layton
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Last post by RPB
Fri May 06, 2011 9:00 am
Articles about zaffrini cutting off nose to spite face
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RPB »
Tue May 03, 2011 6:43 pm
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Took her ball and went home because others play better than she does
This thread for Articles/News SB 5 related
Campus-carry issue stalls higher-ed...
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:iagree: But if she thinks she'll get in trouble being #21 ...
unless she LIED in the article above about hoping he gets it attached to another...
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Last post by RPB
Thu May 05, 2011 10:42 pm
Senate may abandon 21-vote rule to pass budget; why not CC?
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by
NorthTexas »
Wed May 04, 2011 11:46 pm
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Senators may abandon tradition to pass budget
By Kate Alexander
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 12:06 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Published: 10:49...
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On Wednesday, the Senate DID abandon the 2/3rds rule and passed the budget, according to an article in the Thursday Dallas Morning News. (Sorry, not...
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Last post by NorthTexas
Thu May 05, 2011 9:06 pm
Another Reason Why I Support Campus Carry
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by
UTMacGuy »
Thu May 05, 2011 7:32 am
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Got an the following email from UT this morning. I walk past this garage every morning on my way to work and sometimes park there. I also read all...
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Thanks, I just e-mailed a copy of that to each member on the House Calendars committee and requested they put HB 750 on the calendar before we have...
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Last post by RPB
Thu May 05, 2011 9:09 am
CAMPUS CARRY ADVOCATES TO TEXAS SENATOR RODNEY ELLIS: “STOP
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Kory Zipperer »
Tue May 03, 2011 8:52 am
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Spread the word:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Daniel Crocker, Southwest Director
W. Scott Lewis, Texas...
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I always suspected companies weren't being completely honest when they said their insurance requires them to post NO GUNS signs. It's great to...
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Last post by Ameer
Tue May 03, 2011 5:13 pm
SB5 being heard!
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by
Smily »
Tue May 03, 2011 2:52 pm
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Woodhead twittering it here
I guess he never has to go to class...
-Smily
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I suspect that he is professional student with an issues-only major.
I guess if I had gained some notoriety by claiming to have been a victim's...
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Last post by Purplehood
Tue May 03, 2011 2:59 pm
A&M article
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RPB »
Tue May 03, 2011 12:29 am
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Bill aims for guns on campus
By Jill Beathard
Published: Monday, May 2, 2011
Updated: Monday, May 2, 2011 23:05
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This is the letter I sent to the Battalion about the graphic today. Hopefully they'll publish it tomorrow, we'll see.
Dear Battalion,
First off, I...
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Last post by Czechnology
Tue May 03, 2011 11:59 am
TCU - Ummm this is where you FORCE me to ...
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RPB »
Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:09 am
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Valuables left in vehicles encourage theft and burglary on campus
TCU News Now
By Kerri Feczko
News Now Reporter
Published: Wednesday, April 27,...
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I just finished a research paper for my english class in which I happily wrote about gun control, per my professor's request. I found a section from...
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Last post by bigmoney
Sun May 01, 2011 3:14 pm
North Lake College in Irving
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RPB »
Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:55 am
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Gun bill creates lively debate
Pros and cons of concealed carry law meet with passion
By Grant V. Ziegler | Staff Writer
Published: Tuesday, April...
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Voted Chicago style. :biggrinjester:
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Last post by SC1903A3
Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:34 pm
Texas House of Representatives today-3 campus carry bills
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RPB »
Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:01 pm
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Texas House of Representatives:
3 guns-on-campus bills out of committee while everyone was distracted by the Senate : HB1167, HB1356, HB2178...
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Yeah .... Some schools POLLS and in Tennessee they are saying faculty and staff are ok, students no.
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Last post by RPB
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:36 am
Very nice (form) letter
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Jasonw560 »
Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:10 pm
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I just received a very nice form letter from Sen. Lucio's office.
I may send him one back. Here it is:
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It's polite but I wouldn't call it nice to violate civil rights and put innocent lives at risk by blocking the bill.
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Last post by tarkus
Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:15 pm
Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance-school not opposed
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RPB »
Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:18 am
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Rangel: Campus carry gets unloaded by university leaders
Posted: April 23, 2011 - 12:14am
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Maybe the insurance company is anti 2nd Amendment.
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Last post by MeMelYup
Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:47 pm
Full Court Press for SB 354
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Jasonw560 »
Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:55 pm
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Okay, it appears that Wentworth had the 22 votes initially to pass it on Friday, but at the 11th hour, Gallegos and Lucio once again bailed. So, we...
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Just got off the phone with Senator Lucio's office.
We got into a little discussion, she brought up the Santa Gertrudis Academy, and said it's...
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Last post by Jasonw560
Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:37 am
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