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Gun Rights Coming to Texas Colleges
AUSTIN
Two Republican senators say a proposal that would allow college students to carry guns on campus already has enough support to pass the upper chamber.
Sens. Charles Schwertner and Brian Birdwell said Monday 19 senators have endorsed their bill. It would allow students, faculty and staff members with concealed-handgun licenses to carry guns into campus buildings and classrooms.
The issue has sparked fierce debate in previous legislative sessions, but never became law.
However, a rules change championed by new Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick reduced the threshold to debate Senate bills from 21 to 19.
Source: http://lubbockonline.com/texas/2015-01-27/texas-and-region#.VMcu7sY8r9A
Let’s wish them luck, they’re gonna be facing a lot of negativity from the usual suspects, but with a little guts, this can happen.
One Gun A Month Bill Fails in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A series of gun control measures has been defeated by a Republican-controlled Virginia Senate committee.
The Senate Courts of Justice panel voted Monday against bills aimed at beefing up Virginia’s gun control laws. The proposals include limiting handgun purchases to one a month and closing the so-called “gun show loophole” that allows sales by private sellers without a criminal background check.
Committee chairman Sen. Thomas K. Norment, Jr. said at the hearing that a bill to make it illegal for those convicted of certain violent crimes from transporting or possessing guns had passed the committee. But the General Assembly’s database of vote results later showed that the vote failed by a large margin.
The panel also voted to allow gun owners to obtain a lifetime concealed carry permit.
Jury Selection begins for Chris Kyle’s Murderer
A murder trial is set to start next month for the man accused of killing former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the man whose life inspired the Academy Award-nominated film “American Sniper”.
Marine veteran Eddie Routh is accused of killing Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a Texas gun range in February 2013.
Routh’s trial is slated to start on Feb. 11, pending a jury selection.
Prosecutors will not be seeing the death penalty, according to
Pennsylvania’s Act 192 and NRA targets Anti-Gun Towns
Pennsylvania’s Act 192 is a number you’re gonna want to remember, because it allows the NRA and pro-gun groups to sue anti-gun towns and cities that choose to ignore the 2nd Amendment. Kudos to Warminster for doing the right thing.
Warminster has repealed its ordinance prohibiting the carrying and discharge of firearms on township property, following a long list of municipalities that have taken similar measures to ward off potential litigation.
By doing so, the township is in accord with the state’s new Act 192 to ensure that firearms laws are uniform across the commonwealth.
Warminster’s move on Thursday night follows that of several other towns. If a municipality doesn’t comply, it could be taken to court by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups for regulating firearms. A municipality that loses a challenge to its firearms law is required to pay damages and legal fees to the winning side.
“This simply means that Warminster’s laws comply with the commonwealth’s,” Supervisor Tom Panzer said.
After the board voted 5-0 for the repeal, Mary Eberle, the township’s solicitor, said the board doesn’t have “a lot of discretion in this matter” and didn’t believe the move would compromise public safety.
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Why chase after a criminal?
Here’s a story that baffles me:
Shots were fired early Jan. 4 after a resident discovered a young man in his backyard on South Tobin Street and several items missing.
The gunfire was reported by several residents in the area.
The resident’s wife handed him his pistol before he went outside to investigate. He found the suspect still in the backyard. As they walked to the front of the house, the resident told the suspect to stay at the location while he called police. The resident’s gun was visible.
They struggled in the front yard and the suspect ran off, with the resident in pursuit on South Tobin Street. He caught up with the suspect in the parking lot of the Homerun Tavern, where they fought.
The resident fired his pistol after it appeared to him the suspect was reaching into his waistband for a firearm. The suspect ran and the resident fired again for a total of four shots. He told officers he wasn’t aiming at the suspect. He wanted him to stop; he was described as cooperative with officers.
Officers were investigating whether the resident should be cited for reckless endangerment for firing four rounds at a fleeing suspect and into an unknown backdrop. The resident’s fear the suspect had a gun...
Dude in Distress Saved by Armed Girl
“Real men use their fists,” the anti-gunners like to tell you. Well, a real man tried that and he got his throat slashed, although not deep enough to kill him. And who saved the day? The girlfriend. No damsel in distress here, just a damsel with firepower. That’s why when it comes to self-defense, Real Americans use their guns.
California Criminal Shoots Himself
A law-abiding person knows about gun safety, a lawless criminal does not. He either respects his gun and the powerful things it can do, or he shoots himself in the leg. Either way, my congratulations to Joe Biden, looks like someone got himself a shotgun, or is that an assault-shotgun, a military-style shotgun? Just kidding.
Washington Legislature Is Now An Open-Carry-Free-Zone
Let’s see if we understand.
1. Open Carry is Legal
2. Open Carry in the Legislature Gallery is No Longer Legal
3. Liberals fear open carriers
4. Concealed Carriers with Permits can still bring their guns
Confused? Read on:
Washington Legislature bans guns in galleries, meeting roomsOLYMPIA – Visitors to the Legislature are banned from bringing knives and openly carried guns into the House and Senate galleries or committee rooms.
The changes in House and Senate rules, which were posted outside the gallery doors Monday, come after demonstrators from a gun-rights rally last Thursday brought and brandished weapons in the House gallery. Senate leaders announced a ban for their gallery Friday, and the House followed suit Monday after legislative leaders and security officials discussed the issue over the weekend.
Deputy Minority Leader Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda, said the rules have been clarified to make clear that openly carried guns are among items that are banned as objects of demonstration. Last Thursday, he said, some gun-rights advocates brought loaded firearms into the gallery. One had a chambered round and ejected it onto the gallery floor.
“All the rules of gun safety were violated,”...