Good news! The Texas legislature just sent Constitutional Carry to the Governor’s desk:
After passing different versions of House Bill (HB) 1927, a bill to allow Texans over the age of 21 who can legally possess a handgun to carry it in public without a government-issued permit, both the Texas House and Senate approved a final version of the legislation that will now be sent to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
Abbott said earlier this year that he would sign the bill, known as “constitutional carry.”
“The House was very proud of the version of the bill that we sent over and the Senate was very proud of the amendments that they added,” Rep. Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler), the bill’s author, told The Texan.
“We felt like some of the protections for law-abiding citizens were diminished in the Senate version, and so we fought to get some of that back.”
After the Senate approved the bill with a number of amendments tailored to concerns voiced by law enforcement, the bill returned to the House where Schaefer decided to send the bill to what is known as a “conference committee.”
In the conference committee, five members from each chamber worked out the differences in the two versions to create a compromise known as the conference committee report.
The ultimate version of HB 1927 contained many of the variations of the amendments that were included in the version passed by the Senate rather than what the House first approved.
After being signed into law, Constitutional Carry will go into effect September 1.
The good news is the extension of protection for our constitutional rights, and may create a whole new cohort of legal gun owners in Texas. The bad news is that this might make it even harder to find ammo…
Tags: 87th Texas Legislature, Constitutional Carry, Greg Abbott, Guns, Matt Schaefer, Regulation, Second Amendment, Texas
Mike the Musicologist forwarded me something from GOA: not only did we get Constitutional carry, but HB 2622 (the 2nd Amendment sanctuary bill) also passed and has been sent to Gov. Abbott.
Also passed and sent to Gov. Abbott: HB 957, the “suppressor freedom” for supressors made in Texas bill.
Congrats to Texas on finally catching up with Vermont! :-)
texas can expect federal lawsuits against the state itself if citizens exercising their rights use their weapons.
Congrats to Texas on finally catching up with Arizona.
So? Let them sue.
“So?”
so it will be seen as a means of imposing politburo control over elected state government.
“so it will be seen as a means of imposing politburo control over elected state government.’
And has this worked on the other 20 states that already have Constitutional carry??
Hopefully this will discourage the wrong sorts of would-be refugees from Californistan and various Latin countries.
“And has this worked on the other 20 states that already have Constitutional carry?”
not yet. the other states are not leading targets, and the time and circumstances have not yet been suitable. but that time is now and circumstances are in favor, and texas will be made a bellwether example.
“the wrong sorts of would-be refugees”
my understanding is that austin is san francisco east and similar to portland in political orientation?
??? Who would be the plaintiffs in those federal lawsuits? How would federal courts even have jurisdiction?
“Who would be the plaintiffs in those federal lawsuits?”
criminals who get shot while jus’ doin’ what they needs t’ do.
“How would federal courts even have jurisdiction?”
civil rights.
An armed society is a polite society.
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