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Texas House: No special carry privileges for legislators

Michael Cargill is a Texas concealed carry instructor who has been in the capitol almost daily, helping to pass Campus Carry. Here’s his latest.

SB 905, passed in the Senate, sought to give themselves special privileges to carry guns into restricted areas like bars and high school football games. The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee successfully amended it to delete state legislators and DPS employees from the list of “special people”.

SB 1581, the higher education finance bill including the Campus Carry initiative, is scheduled to be heard in the House today.

HB 1595, the Range Protection bill, has remained stuck in the House Calendars Committee since May 6. This bill affects the liability of existing shooting ranges by limiting nuisance lawsuits like noise abatement. SB 766, a similar bill passed in the Senate on March 28, has been in House Calendars since May 17.

Posted at 9:56 am on May 19th, 2011 by

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  1. 1. Robert A Hudson

    Hey Howard, I appreciate your articles and I also read your book (400 years of gun control)which was great as well. Do you know anything about the Tex Legislature considering making open carry legal in Tex? Please keep up the great writing….

    May 19, 2011 - 10:17 am   Link to this Comment | Reply

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