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SOF Item concerning Texas CHL holders
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:27 am
by TEX
Soldier of Fortune magazine recently had an item mentioning that Texas had passed several pro-gun bills, one of which was a law allowing employees to keep their handguns in their vehicle on a company parking lot if they have a CHL. I thought that this bill was shot down. Did I miss something, or did SOF get it wrong?
TEX
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:31 am
by carlson1
I am not 100% for sure, but I believe that is the only one that was not passed.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:02 pm
by Dougmyers5
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:07 pm
by stevie_d_64
Nope, it didn't make the cut...2009 will be the next time it comes up...
And it will be fought tooth and nail...Might become the crown jewel of the session for us, unless somebody files an...
OPEN CARRY BILL???
hehehehe, Woo Hooo!!! Steve moves faster than a speeding bullet for cover!!!
Cain't touch dis!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:09 pm
by txinvestigator
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:19 pm
by Dougmyers5
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup ... 34#vote126
Yep it says placed on the State calender 05/22/2007
so I guess it is dormant until they take it up again?
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:23 pm
by stevie_d_64
"He's dead Jim."
It'll be re-introduced (maybe wordsmithed a little differently) like it never happened before...
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:00 pm
by ScubaSigGuy
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Re: SOF Item concerning Texas CHL holders
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:41 pm
by Renegade
TEX wrote:Soldier of Fortune magazine recently had an item mentioning that Texas had passed several pro-gun bills, one of which was a law allowing employees to keep their handguns in their vehicle on a company parking lot if they have a CHL. I thought that this bill was shot down. Did I miss something, or did SOF get it wrong?
TEX
I saw that too, no excuse to for that kind of sloppy journalism.
Re: SOF Item concerning Texas CHL holders
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:21 pm
by KBCraig
Renegade wrote:I saw that too, no excuse to for that kind of sloppy journalism.
I'll admit it's been a few years since I've read a copy of SoF, but they've never been proclaimed as the model of journalistic integrity.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:53 pm
by seamusTX
If you don't follow the legislative maneuvers like a fanatic, it's easy to get confused. I receive e-mails from the NRA all the time about such-and-such bill passing the federal house or senate or a state legislature.
That's nice, but it only counts when it has passed into law.
- Jim
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:27 pm
by texaseyes
So bottom line is that the law is the same in a vehicle on company property, whether you have a chl or not, right?
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:18 am
by seamusTX
texaseyes wrote:So bottom line is that the law is the same in a vehicle on company property, whether you have a chl or not, right?
I'm not sure what your question is.
If an employer forbids weapons in employees' vehicles on company property, they can fire people who are caught violating the policy. Depending upon the wording of the notice, violators could be arrested.
IMHO, most companies won't want the publicity.
- Jim