Multiple Pro Second Amendment Laws signed in Texas

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Go Texas!! Go Gov Abbott!!

Gov Abbott has signed into law multiple Pro Second Amendment bills into Law.
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-second-amendment-legislation-into-law-2021

Including: Constitutional Carry,
Texas is now a Pro Second Amndment Sanctuary State, Suppressors made in Texas and staying in Texas Legal. Travelers gun rights etc.

I might just have to move to Texas! Actually I live in Missouri and they are pretty good in the Second Amendment as well. We have had Constitutional Carry for some time. It's a good gun state. I love visiting HI but I'm not moving there because of terrible gun laws.

I hope this encourages other states to follow suit.
 
Beck said:
Texas is becoming more attractive as I consider where to move. Iowa is another state I'm looking at because of their pro-gun attitude.
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Texas is far better than the liberal state that I moved here from, but beware of property taxes.
That is this states primary downside. But at least there is no state income tax, so it may just be a wash.
 
Frankl03 said:
Go Texas!! Go Gov Abbott!!

Gov Abbott has signed into law multiple Pro Second Amendment bills into Law.
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-second-amendment-legislation-into-law-2021

Including: Constitutional Carry,
Texas is now a Pro Second Amndment Sanctuary State, Suppressors made in Texas and staying in Texas Legal. Travelers gun rights etc.

I might just have to move to Texas! Actually I live in Missouri and they are pretty good in the Second Amendment as well. We have had Constitutional Carry for some time. It's a good gun state. I love visiting HI but I'm not moving there because of terrible gun laws.

I hope this encourages other states to follow suit.
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Red States need to enact a more important Pro2A law: Mandatory HS Graduate requirement to pass a test of the Bill of Rights and the 2A including range time. There are too many Liberals moving into Red States. These people need to be educated, otherwise the Liberals have the upper hand.
 
BJung said:
Red States need to enact a more important Pro2A law: Mandatory HS Graduate requirement to pass a test of the Bill of Rights and the 2A including range time. There are too many Liberals moving into Red States. These people need to be educated, otherwise the Liberals have the upper hand.
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Passing a test on the Constitution used to be a requirement for graduation when I went to high school, but that was nearly a lifetime ago.
 
jmohme said:
Texas is far better than the liberal state that I moved here from, but beware of property taxes.
That is this states primary downside. But at least there is no state income tax, so it may just be a wash.
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There are a lot worse places to live, but I'm basically happy in Texas. You are correct... property tax is our real bull in the china shop at the moment. Because of the popularity of Texas, with businesses streaming into Texas as a refuge from liberal states, the housing market has gone completely bonkers... driving up property values, and, as a result, our property taxes. Further, because our schools are run by liberals, they feel they need more money on every occasion... and these idiots here keep voting in school bonds and such. I live in McKinney... we now have a $90M stadium! For pro football? No... for high school sports. Ninety. Million. Dollars.

I'm actually not a big fan of Abbott... he does OK on some things, but is actually quite wishy-washy on a lot of things. He signs on to a lot of laws that are poorly written, or have very little authority... it sounds like the suppressor law is one of them. Further, ALL of the big metro areas are flat out Leftist Strongholds, and there is a pretty strong undercurrent of Liberal here in Texas. They are trying very, very hard to flip Texas blue.... and they will likely succeed within 10 years, given the completely open border to our south.
 
If the Texas House bill 2622 is anything like Missouri's SAPA law then expect the feds to take Texas to court over it.

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That suppressor gimmick will not stand up to the routine abuse of "interstate commerce" restriction.
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That didn't work out so well for guys in Kansas either.
 
Texas is really two states -- the urban areas (Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas) versus the rest of the state. As soon as the population of the urban areas outweighs the rest (which at some point is inevitable), the state will flip from red to blue. The question for gun rights, then, will be how many "liberals" are antigun and how many are pro-gun. There are pro-gun "liberals," especially in Texas.

I grew up in Texas (lived there from ages 10 to 25) and in those days the state was solid Democrat. The only real competition was between conservative Democrats and liberal Democrats. None of them questioned guns.
 
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The laws against Federal ones won't stand if the Feds move. They are just virtue signaling. On marijuana, recall that Trump's first little guy Attorney General wanted to go after the states legalizing marijuana but other Trump chaos intervened. Not to divert but other TX social issue legislation is as against personal liberty as restrictive gun laws - that's all I'll say. Crime and decay in the big cities is a problem. If you live in the boonies, not so much.

The gun world is great compared to other places, if that's your only issue.
 
hoardingthemanual said:
I love Texas. I grew up here, then moved to Wa. State but moved back here for good.
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I did the opposite. Started in WA, then moved to TX. The other opposite part is I'm not going back.

The biggest concern I have in TX (aside from allergies and mosquitos) is that while some folks are (like me) fleeing the source of the political problems in other states, many others are that source who are fleeing the results.
 
Skribs said:
I did the opposite. Started in WA, then moved to TX. The other opposite part is I'm not going back.

The biggest concern I have in TX (aside from allergies and mosquitos) is that while some folks are (like me) fleeing the source of the political problems in other states, many others are that source who are fleeing the results.
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Howdy, neighbor. In this case, I hope that change comes slowly, if it comes at all.
 
hoardingthemanual said:
Howdy, neighbor. In this case, I hope that change comes slowly, if it comes at all.
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I know some folks who are already looking to get property in other states, so if the wind blows the wrong way they can immediately jump ship.

Personally, I'm just going to keep my property here. If the wind blows that way, chances are property values will inflate, just like they have in coastal states. Then I can sell here and buy somewhere that fits my politics better.
 
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