SB354: College carry

[Bithabus]

I wonder if this is a tactic to get out on time tonight and end without a special session. I heard on the news that there were more than 100 amendments (like College Carry) added to a budget bill that needed to pass. I would bet that more than College Carry got similarly cut.

It was a tactic by a San Antonio Socialist to deny students and faculty their means of self defense. If this is the best we can do, with a huge Republican majority, I am honestly scared for the future.

 

[Fred B.]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A bill allowing concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into Texas public university classrooms appears dead as lawmakers prepare to enter their final week of the session.
The Senate author of the measure on Friday accused Republican House Speaker Joe Straus of preventing a vote on a bill that has the support of a large majority of the Legislature.
"It's a fairly open secret that the speaker doesn't like the bill," said Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio.
The measure had already passed the Senate and more than 80 lawmakers in the 150-member House had signed on in support. But the House version of the bill has never been brought for a vote, and the Senate version was knocked down without a vote on a parliamentary maneuver on Thursday night.
Denying a vote on a bill with overwhelming lawmaker support is a "perversion of representative democracy," Wentworth said.


Read more: Lawmaker says campus guns bill chances look bleak - San Antonio Express-News

 

[TheDan]

Seems the legislative body is irelevant when only one person gets to decide on what they can vote on.

 

[RetArmySgt]

We cant do a recall on the Speaker can we?

 

[jsimmons]

Seems the legislative body is irelevant when only one person gets to decide on what they can vote on.

Actually, the Texas Constitution decided it, and the Speaker was correct in citing it (unfortunately for us).

 

[Bithabus]

It's officially dead. College carry amendment has been removed from the bill.

 

[KAK]

That sucks!

Any hope for OC still?

 

[matefrio]

That sucks!

Any hope for OC still?

I doubt it.. only a few more days left for this session to end.

 

[KAK]

I'm gonna put the Texafornia avatar back up.

Our great state is just wasting away to liberal bs. It's a sad day.

 

[Driller]

I wonder how many signatures it takes to force a state wide vote?

 

[San Antone RR]

I'm gonna put the Texafornia avatar back up.

Our great state is just wasting away to liberal bs. It's a sad day.

I like the dog personally, but I understand the sentiment.