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We need everyone to call Rep. Brian McCall, Chairman of the House Calendars Committee and politely but strongly tell him that you want both SB730 (employer parking lots) and SB1164 (campus carry) set on the House MAJOR Calendar, not the General Calendar. Tell him you are aware that: 1...

There is good reason to believe that Representative Brian McCall, Chairman of the House Calendars Committee, has tagged SB730 (employer parking lot bill) and will not let it out of Calendars Committee. In the alternative, he can let out of the committee so late that SB730 will have no chance of...

Rep. Joe Driver has pre-filed an amendment to HB 2730, the DPS Sunset bill, which would de-criminalize the carrying of a concealed handgun by a CHL on the campus of public or private college or university. It would not affect the ability of institutions to adopt administrative policies...

The Senate version of the campus-carry bill (SB1164) was voted favorably from the Senate State Affairs Committee tonight. The vote was 6 to 3, with Senators Duncan, Ellis and Van de Putte voting no. Chairman Duncan offered two amendments, and Senator Van de Putte offered one. The Van de Putte...

Thanks for your support folks. Now here is another urgent action item: Please respond to this request immediately! We need everyone to call their Senator and politely request that they support SB1164 and oppose any and every amendment that is not acceptable to the author (Senator...

Yeah, I didn't catch the incorrect prefix. Thanks for fixing it! Chas.

Any bill that hasn't cleared one chamber by Monday, May 11th is dead. We're about to lose both campus-carry bills (HB1893 & SB1164). If the Calendars Committee doesn't send HB1893 to the floor in the next day or two, it's dead. If Senator Duncan doesn't have his committee vote on SB1164 TODAY...

HB1301 - Employer parking lots. The House version of the employer parking lot bill (HB1301) is up for a public hearing today (3/23/09) in the House Public Safety Committee. This committee has nine members and Representatives Caraway (C), Rodriquez (D) and Burnam (F) are guaranteed "no"...

According to the FBI Workplace Violence Report, there are no reported cases where an employee went to their car, got a gun, then came back to shoot anyone. In fact, the breakdown of workplace violence is very enlightening. The vast majority of workplace shootings involve robberies. If I...

A+ rated Sen. Hegar has filed SB730 which, if passed, will protect employees from employer policies forbidding the storage of firearms in the employee's locked motor vehicle while in a company parking lot, garage or other parking area. This is a very good bill without the notice requirements...

The 2009 Texas Legislative Session is just around the corner. I have opened the Bill Status Report on www.TexasCHLforum.com for the 2009 Session and it already has some gun-related bills that were prefiled. It's going to be an interesting session folks, so please keep informed of the bills...

Here is a copy of a post on TexasCHLforum.com discussing a new group of Texas Democrats. Mr. Barnett offers additional advice on contacting the Chairman of the Platform Committee. Chas.

PSC-IDPA is hosting the Texas State IDPA Championship for the 6th year in a row on Saturday June 3, 2006 at the PSC range in Friendswood, Texas. We have been working since the 2005 Championship to develop new innovative target systems and our Skunk Works guys have done a great job...

IDPA Shooters: TexasIDPA.com has been changed to a format that I believe will be more useful. All of the primary information is still available, including the Master Match Calendar, Event Calendar, Clubs & Contacts, Announcements and Links sections. The Yahoo User Group has...

The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, commonly referred to as CLEAT, has a long history of opposing gun-owners' rights in Texas, while seeking funding from those same people. After years of poor funding efforts, CLEAT finally stopped opposing Texas' efforts to pass a CHL statute...

No effect on long guns Alduro: If HB2295 passes, it would not effect carrying of long guns. If HB2295 passes, it will not effect carrying of handguns by CHL's, or others, unless HB1037 also passes. The creation of 46.15 "Nonapplicability" section did not the desired effect of...

Let's don't hang Rep. Cook quite yet. As I noted, I don't think Rep. Cook realized the effect it would have on CHL's, or any of the other provisions in Texas Penal Code Section 46.15. In fact, unless HB1037 (Rep. Isett's bill) passes, HB2295 would have no effect on gun owners. Rep. Cook would...

Texas House Bill 2295 This is a modified reprint of a post on TexasCHLforum.com HB 2295 was filed on 3/8/04 by Robby Cook, an A-rated Democrat from Eagle Lake. This bill effectively does away with "exceptions" to the application of any part of the Penal Code, including exceptions to...

They are on the Pac pages, under Voter's Guide for the November elections. Not all Senators are listed, as they are not up for re-election every two years as are House members. Regards, Chas. TSRA Voters' Guide http://www.tsrapac.org/VotersGuide.pdf

UPDATE: Texas SB664, the subject of a post beginning on Feb. 28th, has been assigned to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, but no public hearing has been scheduled. Senator Ellis sits on that committee, so it could ordinarily be a "friendly" committee for his own bill. However, all of...