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LSUTiger wrote:I am for Campus Carry, I am for "shall not be infringed" but why do I have the feeling this is a recipe for disaster, ending up with nothing?

Can they vote down the campus carry amendment and still move forward with HB910 in the Senate as they should be doing now? Does this put OC in jeopardy? Could this be a potential lose-lose situation?

Or is it simply a last ditch end run slick political maneuver, for win-win (OC and Campus) if it works and win-lose (still get OC but not campus) if it doesn't work, to get a little lagniappe ?

jerry_r60 wrote:Can the amendment stand up to a Point of Order on germainness of the amendment? maybe if it's done in committee it's not an issue??

Papa_Tiger wrote:Well that is one way to get around Strauss and the UT regents and it allows the Senate to look like heroes even though the bill that eventually passes will originate from the House.

I have certainly received quite an education in politics watching this session and these bills in particular.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

jerry_r60 wrote:Can the amendment stand up to a Point of Order on germainness of the amendment? maybe if it's done in committee it's not an issue??

The House parliamentarian has already ruled that campus-carry is relevant to HB910. If a point-of-order is raised in the Senate, then it can be sustained or overruled. If it's sustained, then campus-carry will not be added to HB910. If it is overruled, campus-carry will be added to HB910 and it will go to the House.

If the House concurs, then both open-carry and campus-carry pass and go to the Governor. If the House does not concur, then it goes to a conference committee where campus-carry can be stripped from HB910.

Chas.

ELB wrote:I just noticed this article (published today) about the author of HB937, campus carry. He's going to leave the Legislature to run for Sheriff of Harris County:
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/07/ ... iffs-race/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Rep. Allen Fletcher, the House’s author of so-called “campus carry,” told multiple news outlets on Wednesday that he had struck a deal to fast-track the proposal by attaching it in the Senate to another high-profile gun bill that’s already been approved by the House.

But maybe not so fast.

Sen. Craig Estes – who would carry the other bill, open carry – said on Thursday that Fletcher was “a little premature in that analysis.” He said pro-gun lawmakers were indeed looking at multiple possibilities to move forward, but that “nothing has been decided.”

And Estes, R-Wichita Falls, was quick to point out that the House could still act on the Senate’s versions of campus carry and open carry.

...

House Calendars Committee Chairman Todd Hunter said earlier in the week that he wasn’t sure when campus carry might reach the floor. He said the hold-up was just a timing issue, as the panel might look to group several gun bills onto to the same day.

v7a wrote:Is Strauss capitulating to save face from being outmaneuvered? Sounds like a standalone Campus Carry bill (SB11 presumably) might actually hit the House floor after all.