Greybeard
Member
Initially here, let me say that ahenry has been doing a fine job of posting TX happenings in the "State Legislative" forum here at THR. Some individuals may want to read up there to get up to speed on current events in this legislative session. See http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9209
From a TSRA "update" that I received this morning (posted in it's entirety at bottom here), it looks like Rep. Hupp already has 49 others solidly on board as joint authors with H.B. 878. So, if one of those Reps. is from your district, GOOD ON YOU. Maybe write or call just to say "thank you".
For those whose Rep. is listed below, please consider making the time to TACTFULLY write or call to request support in accordance with TSRA suggestions below. The Rep. in my district, Mary Denny, is already a co-author, so I sent the following today to the Representative in an adjacent district! On my "do list" next is to write the Rep. in the Panhandle where I went to school.
Please look over the list below and light 'em up! Tactfully.
______________________________________
Monday, March 10, 2003
To: The Honorable Myra Crownover
From: Lonnie Ward
As you may recall, I contacted your office a few weeks ago when Rep. Hupp was in the early stages with H.B. 878. Although I live and work just south or west of your district, I have certified a number of CHL students from the Denton area and am writing to share some of our mutual feelings.
Just yesterday I drove to Austin to pick up my daughter from the dorm at UT. Before going inside to help carry out her luggage for spring break, I started taking off my concealed handgun (secured in an ankle holster) to be able to leave it locked in our vehicle. My wife looked at me and asked "Why do you HAVE to do that? Who's going to know anyway? The dorm is virtually deserted. I think that gun is a whole lot safer where you had it than leaving it out in this parking lot for someone to steal!" My answer, "Sorry, you know it's the law. Hopefully we won't be in there very long."
After we picked up my daughter and her luggage, she wanted to take us over to visit an apartment complex where she will live next semester. She suggested that we first have lunch at a nearby Luby's Cafeteria. Upon arrival, I said a little prayer, being thankful that, due to the efforts of Mrs. Hupp, Jerry Patterson and many others, I was able to carry in Luby's and everywhere else that we subsequently traveled yesterday. (In fact, there are very few places in my normal routine that I can't legally carry.)
With that said, I hope you understand that many of us are quite troubled by some bureaucrats' beliefs that CHL people should be required to disarm before entering many public buildings. A simple example is an experience I had at the new city hall in Highland Village. For whatever reason, they have "the sign", although I'm not certain it is in strict compliance. But, being a law-abiding citizen, I've disarmed when going in there to take care of business related to leasing softball and baseball fields for our kids' teams. Each time, however, I felt very uncomfortable having to leave my handgun unattended in my vehicle - and believing that the City of Highland Village (or any other city) should not have a right to treat trained, confirmed-law-abiding taxpaying citizens in such a manner.
Beyond that, when entering city hall, I was not at all comforted by the fact that I knew of some extremely disgruntled former employees, one recently terminated by the Parks and Recreation Department, in addition to some police officers. An improbable scenario, but if, what if, one of those people (or someone else) decided to "go postal" while I was inside? Does anyone really think that a "No Guns" sign on the exterior doors is going to stop them? Or be much consolation to my family if I am found dead inside while my handgun is locked up outside? We respectfully request your understanding that such buildings may currently be perceived by criminals (or terrorists in the future?) as "prime targets" where they hope to find little or no armed resistance.
Realistically, it is our view that the probability of problems is far greater if CHL people are required to disarm than just simply letting us make independent decisions before entering the government faciliities specified in H.B. 878.
Please feel free to contact me as necessary.
Sincerely,
Lonnie Ward, Director
Denton County Sports Association, Inc.
[email protected]
Phone: 940-241-2376
______________________________________________
Direct copy and paste from TSRA update:
Although HB 878 currently has 50 joint-authors or co-authors (you can
view the list of Representatives that have signed onto HB 878 at
www.house.state.tx.us), the Texas Municipal League and gun control
advocates are expected to pull out all the stops to amend or defeat this
bill on the House floor.
The House members listed below have either voted in the past to support
your right to personal protection or voiced support for that right
during their most recent campaigns. If your State Representative
appears on this list, please contact him or her and:
(1) respectfully urge him or her to sign on as a co-author to HB 878 as
soon as possible; and
(2) ask him or her to oppose any gutting amendments to HB 878 on the
House floor.
Rep. Todd Baxter (R-Austin/HD 48)
(512) 463-0631
[email protected]
Rep. Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston/HD 138)
(512) 463-0727
[email protected]
Rep. Dan Branch (R-Dallas/HD 108)
(512) 463-0367
[email protected]
Rep. Bill Callegari (R-Houston/HD 132)
(512) 463-0528
[email protected]
Rep. Carter Casteel (R-New Braunfels/HD 73)
(512) 463-0325
[email protected]
Rep. Warren Chisum (R-Pampa/HD 88)
(512) 463-0736
[email protected]
Rep. Frank Corte (R-San Antonio/HD 122)
(512) 463-0646
[email protected]
Rep. Myra Crownover (R-Lake Dallas/HD 64)
(512) 463-0582
[email protected]
Rep. Dianne White Delisi (R-Temple/HD 55)
(512) 463-0630
[email protected]
Rep. Craig Eiland (D-Galveston/HD 23)
(512) 463-0502
[email protected]
Rep. David Farabee (D-Wichita Falls/HD 69)
(512) 463-0534
[email protected]
Rep. Kino Flores (D-Mission/HD 36)
(512) 463-0704
[email protected]
Rep. Dan Gattis (R-Georgetown/HD 20)
(512) 463-0309
[email protected]
Rep. Charlie Geren (R-River Oaks/HD 99)
(512) 463-0610
[email protected]
Rep. Tony Goolsby (R-Dallas/HD 102)
(512) 463-0454
[email protected]
Rep. Bob Griggs (R-North Richland Hills/HD 91)
(512) 463-0599
[email protected]
Rep. Kent Grusendorf (R-Arlington/HD 94)
(512) 463-0624
[email protected]
Rep. Pat Haggerty (R-El Paso/HD 78)
(512) 463-0728
[email protected]
Rep. Peggy Hamric (R-Houston/HD 126)
(512) 463-0496
[email protected]
Rep. Linda Harper-Brown (R-Irving/HD 105)
(512) 463-0641
[email protected]
Rep. Will Hartnett (R-Dallas/114)
(512) 463-0576
[email protected]
Rep. Talmadge Heflin (R-Houston/HD 149)
(512) 463-0568
[email protected]
Rep. Glenn Hegar (R-Katy/HD 28)
(512) 463-0657
[email protected]
Rep. Fred Hill (R-Richardson/HD 112)
(512) 463-0486
[email protected]
Rep. Mark Homer (D-Paris/HD 03)
(512) 463-0650
[email protected]
Rep. Ruben Hope (R-Conroe/HD 16)
(512) 463-0726
[email protected]
Rep. Delwin Jones (R-Lubbock/HD 83)
(512) 463-0542
[email protected]
Rep. Jim Keffer (R-Eastland/HD 60)
(512) 463-0656
[email protected]
Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford/HD 61)
(512) 463-0738
[email protected]
Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham/HD 13)
(512) 463-0600
[email protected]
Rep. Edmund Kuempel (R-Seguin/HD 44)
(512) 463-0602
[email protected]
Rep. Pete Laney (D-Hale Center/HD 85)
(512) 463-0604
[email protected]
Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Wylie/HD 89)
(512) 463-0186
[email protected]
Rep. John Mabry (D-Waco/HD 56)
(512) 463-0135
[email protected]
Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Carrollton/HD 115)
(512) 463-0468
[email protected]
Rep. Jim McReynolds (D-Lufkin/HD 12)
(512) 463-0490
[email protected]
Rep. Ken Mercer (R-San Antonio/HD 117)
(512) 463-0269
[email protected]
Rep. Anna Mowery (R-Fort Worth/HD 97)
(512) 463-0608
[email protected]
Rep. Rick Noriega (D-Houston/HD 145)
(512) 463-0732
[email protected]
Rep. Larry Phillips (R-Sherman/HD 92)
(512) 463-0297
[email protected]
Rep. Jim Pitts (R-Waxahachie/HD 10)
(512) 463-0516
[email protected]
Rep. Richard Raymond (D-Laredo/HD 42)
(512) 463-0558
[email protected]
Rep. Allan Ritter (D-Nederland/HD 21)
(512) 463-0706
[email protected]
Rep. Todd Smith (R-Bedford/HD 92)
(512) 463-0522
[email protected]
Rep. Wayne Smith (R-Baytown/HD 128)
(512) 463-0733
[email protected]
Rep. John Smithee (R-Amarillo/HD 86)
(512) 463-0702
[email protected]
Rep. Burt Solomons (R-Carrollton/HD 65)
(512) 463-0478
[email protected]
Rep. Jack Stick (R-Austin/HD 50)
(512) 463-0821
[email protected]
Rep. David Swinford (R-Amarillo/HD 87)
(512) 463-0470
[email protected]
Rep. Barry Telford (D-DeKalb/HD 01)
(512) 463-0729
[email protected]
Rep. Vicki Truitt (R-Southlake/HD 98)
(512) 463-0690
[email protected]
Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale (R-Houston/HD 130)
(512) 463-0661
[email protected]
Rep. Martha Wong (R-Houston/HD 134)
(512) 463-0389
[email protected]
Rep. Bill Zedler (R-Arlington/HD 96)
(512) 463-0374
[email protected]
From a TSRA "update" that I received this morning (posted in it's entirety at bottom here), it looks like Rep. Hupp already has 49 others solidly on board as joint authors with H.B. 878. So, if one of those Reps. is from your district, GOOD ON YOU. Maybe write or call just to say "thank you".
For those whose Rep. is listed below, please consider making the time to TACTFULLY write or call to request support in accordance with TSRA suggestions below. The Rep. in my district, Mary Denny, is already a co-author, so I sent the following today to the Representative in an adjacent district! On my "do list" next is to write the Rep. in the Panhandle where I went to school.
Please look over the list below and light 'em up! Tactfully.
______________________________________
Monday, March 10, 2003
To: The Honorable Myra Crownover
From: Lonnie Ward
As you may recall, I contacted your office a few weeks ago when Rep. Hupp was in the early stages with H.B. 878. Although I live and work just south or west of your district, I have certified a number of CHL students from the Denton area and am writing to share some of our mutual feelings.
Just yesterday I drove to Austin to pick up my daughter from the dorm at UT. Before going inside to help carry out her luggage for spring break, I started taking off my concealed handgun (secured in an ankle holster) to be able to leave it locked in our vehicle. My wife looked at me and asked "Why do you HAVE to do that? Who's going to know anyway? The dorm is virtually deserted. I think that gun is a whole lot safer where you had it than leaving it out in this parking lot for someone to steal!" My answer, "Sorry, you know it's the law. Hopefully we won't be in there very long."
After we picked up my daughter and her luggage, she wanted to take us over to visit an apartment complex where she will live next semester. She suggested that we first have lunch at a nearby Luby's Cafeteria. Upon arrival, I said a little prayer, being thankful that, due to the efforts of Mrs. Hupp, Jerry Patterson and many others, I was able to carry in Luby's and everywhere else that we subsequently traveled yesterday. (In fact, there are very few places in my normal routine that I can't legally carry.)
With that said, I hope you understand that many of us are quite troubled by some bureaucrats' beliefs that CHL people should be required to disarm before entering many public buildings. A simple example is an experience I had at the new city hall in Highland Village. For whatever reason, they have "the sign", although I'm not certain it is in strict compliance. But, being a law-abiding citizen, I've disarmed when going in there to take care of business related to leasing softball and baseball fields for our kids' teams. Each time, however, I felt very uncomfortable having to leave my handgun unattended in my vehicle - and believing that the City of Highland Village (or any other city) should not have a right to treat trained, confirmed-law-abiding taxpaying citizens in such a manner.
Beyond that, when entering city hall, I was not at all comforted by the fact that I knew of some extremely disgruntled former employees, one recently terminated by the Parks and Recreation Department, in addition to some police officers. An improbable scenario, but if, what if, one of those people (or someone else) decided to "go postal" while I was inside? Does anyone really think that a "No Guns" sign on the exterior doors is going to stop them? Or be much consolation to my family if I am found dead inside while my handgun is locked up outside? We respectfully request your understanding that such buildings may currently be perceived by criminals (or terrorists in the future?) as "prime targets" where they hope to find little or no armed resistance.
Realistically, it is our view that the probability of problems is far greater if CHL people are required to disarm than just simply letting us make independent decisions before entering the government faciliities specified in H.B. 878.
Please feel free to contact me as necessary.
Sincerely,
Lonnie Ward, Director
Denton County Sports Association, Inc.
[email protected]
Phone: 940-241-2376
______________________________________________
Direct copy and paste from TSRA update:
Although HB 878 currently has 50 joint-authors or co-authors (you can
view the list of Representatives that have signed onto HB 878 at
www.house.state.tx.us), the Texas Municipal League and gun control
advocates are expected to pull out all the stops to amend or defeat this
bill on the House floor.
The House members listed below have either voted in the past to support
your right to personal protection or voiced support for that right
during their most recent campaigns. If your State Representative
appears on this list, please contact him or her and:
(1) respectfully urge him or her to sign on as a co-author to HB 878 as
soon as possible; and
(2) ask him or her to oppose any gutting amendments to HB 878 on the
House floor.
Rep. Todd Baxter (R-Austin/HD 48)
(512) 463-0631
[email protected]
Rep. Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston/HD 138)
(512) 463-0727
[email protected]
Rep. Dan Branch (R-Dallas/HD 108)
(512) 463-0367
[email protected]
Rep. Bill Callegari (R-Houston/HD 132)
(512) 463-0528
[email protected]
Rep. Carter Casteel (R-New Braunfels/HD 73)
(512) 463-0325
[email protected]
Rep. Warren Chisum (R-Pampa/HD 88)
(512) 463-0736
[email protected]
Rep. Frank Corte (R-San Antonio/HD 122)
(512) 463-0646
[email protected]
Rep. Myra Crownover (R-Lake Dallas/HD 64)
(512) 463-0582
[email protected]
Rep. Dianne White Delisi (R-Temple/HD 55)
(512) 463-0630
[email protected]
Rep. Craig Eiland (D-Galveston/HD 23)
(512) 463-0502
[email protected]
Rep. David Farabee (D-Wichita Falls/HD 69)
(512) 463-0534
[email protected]
Rep. Kino Flores (D-Mission/HD 36)
(512) 463-0704
[email protected]
Rep. Dan Gattis (R-Georgetown/HD 20)
(512) 463-0309
[email protected]
Rep. Charlie Geren (R-River Oaks/HD 99)
(512) 463-0610
[email protected]
Rep. Tony Goolsby (R-Dallas/HD 102)
(512) 463-0454
[email protected]
Rep. Bob Griggs (R-North Richland Hills/HD 91)
(512) 463-0599
[email protected]
Rep. Kent Grusendorf (R-Arlington/HD 94)
(512) 463-0624
[email protected]
Rep. Pat Haggerty (R-El Paso/HD 78)
(512) 463-0728
[email protected]
Rep. Peggy Hamric (R-Houston/HD 126)
(512) 463-0496
[email protected]
Rep. Linda Harper-Brown (R-Irving/HD 105)
(512) 463-0641
[email protected]
Rep. Will Hartnett (R-Dallas/114)
(512) 463-0576
[email protected]
Rep. Talmadge Heflin (R-Houston/HD 149)
(512) 463-0568
[email protected]
Rep. Glenn Hegar (R-Katy/HD 28)
(512) 463-0657
[email protected]
Rep. Fred Hill (R-Richardson/HD 112)
(512) 463-0486
[email protected]
Rep. Mark Homer (D-Paris/HD 03)
(512) 463-0650
[email protected]
Rep. Ruben Hope (R-Conroe/HD 16)
(512) 463-0726
[email protected]
Rep. Delwin Jones (R-Lubbock/HD 83)
(512) 463-0542
[email protected]
Rep. Jim Keffer (R-Eastland/HD 60)
(512) 463-0656
[email protected]
Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford/HD 61)
(512) 463-0738
[email protected]
Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham/HD 13)
(512) 463-0600
[email protected]
Rep. Edmund Kuempel (R-Seguin/HD 44)
(512) 463-0602
[email protected]
Rep. Pete Laney (D-Hale Center/HD 85)
(512) 463-0604
[email protected]
Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Wylie/HD 89)
(512) 463-0186
[email protected]
Rep. John Mabry (D-Waco/HD 56)
(512) 463-0135
[email protected]
Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Carrollton/HD 115)
(512) 463-0468
[email protected]
Rep. Jim McReynolds (D-Lufkin/HD 12)
(512) 463-0490
[email protected]
Rep. Ken Mercer (R-San Antonio/HD 117)
(512) 463-0269
[email protected]
Rep. Anna Mowery (R-Fort Worth/HD 97)
(512) 463-0608
[email protected]
Rep. Rick Noriega (D-Houston/HD 145)
(512) 463-0732
[email protected]
Rep. Larry Phillips (R-Sherman/HD 92)
(512) 463-0297
[email protected]
Rep. Jim Pitts (R-Waxahachie/HD 10)
(512) 463-0516
[email protected]
Rep. Richard Raymond (D-Laredo/HD 42)
(512) 463-0558
[email protected]
Rep. Allan Ritter (D-Nederland/HD 21)
(512) 463-0706
[email protected]
Rep. Todd Smith (R-Bedford/HD 92)
(512) 463-0522
[email protected]
Rep. Wayne Smith (R-Baytown/HD 128)
(512) 463-0733
[email protected]
Rep. John Smithee (R-Amarillo/HD 86)
(512) 463-0702
[email protected]
Rep. Burt Solomons (R-Carrollton/HD 65)
(512) 463-0478
[email protected]
Rep. Jack Stick (R-Austin/HD 50)
(512) 463-0821
[email protected]
Rep. David Swinford (R-Amarillo/HD 87)
(512) 463-0470
[email protected]
Rep. Barry Telford (D-DeKalb/HD 01)
(512) 463-0729
[email protected]
Rep. Vicki Truitt (R-Southlake/HD 98)
(512) 463-0690
[email protected]
Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale (R-Houston/HD 130)
(512) 463-0661
[email protected]
Rep. Martha Wong (R-Houston/HD 134)
(512) 463-0389
[email protected]
Rep. Bill Zedler (R-Arlington/HD 96)
(512) 463-0374
[email protected]
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