Another special session?
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Re: Another special session?
Maybe this could light a fire under Governor Perry to add campus carry to the special session:
UT student abducted, assaulted near campus
Residents of Austin's West Campus neighborhood pay a premium to live close enough to the UT campus to walk to and from class. If they're disarmed in class, they're disarmed on that walk through West Campus, where this crime occurred. A CHL holder walking back from a late-night study session at the campus library would be just as defenseless as this poor woman was.
UT student abducted, assaulted near campus
Residents of Austin's West Campus neighborhood pay a premium to live close enough to the UT campus to walk to and from class. If they're disarmed in class, they're disarmed on that walk through West Campus, where this crime occurred. A CHL holder walking back from a late-night study session at the campus library would be just as defenseless as this poor woman was.
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Its not. Its a sop to the Republican base, and he's about to announce he's running again. Nothing he's doing is based on the interests of Texans, but on his presidential hopes.suthdj wrote:JKTex wrote:I find it odd that there are still people that seem to be on deck to launch a recall campaign over gun rights bills. The Governor is the Governor of the entire state of Texas, not just the fraction of 1% of Texans that have CHL's that these bills would effect.
Sure, to us they're critical and in the grand scheme of things they important, but if 50% of the people that are impacted stood up and made noise, crickets would still be louder. In the grans scheme of things, if these issues aren't addressed, it's not going to change anything. I want a grocery list of things to get done, and think this seems like a good time to slip them through while all the colored hair costume wearing crazies are screaming in the Capitol these days, but I doubt it will. But I won't give up yet.But I'm certainly not soaking the torches in kerosene.
But yet abortion is important? From the chart at the bottom of this link http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/sfaa/texas.html it says in 2008 there were 16.5 abortion per 1000 women, so if my math is correct that is 1.6% percent of women have an abortion, compared to 3-18% of all texans having a CHL. I fail to see his priorities. Maybe if Perry just came out and stated his reasons for this it might be a little easier to take but still does not change anything.
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Unless, of course, you include the interests of unborn Texans, in which case what he is doing is very much in their interests.Cedar Park Dad wrote:...Nothing he's doing is based on the interests of Texans, but on his presidential hopes.
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Pacifist wrote:Unless, of course, you include the interests of unborn Texans, in which case what he is doing is very much in their interests.Cedar Park Dad wrote:...Nothing he's doing is based on the interests of Texans, but on his presidential hopes.
Nah, they don't vote.
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If this is so important to him, why didn't he push this in 2011 or 2009? Why did he leave the state during the last SS instead of personally drumming up support for the bill?
Perry is good at giving lip service and signing his name, but he lacks the leadership needed to rally support. Texas needs better than Perry.
Perry is good at giving lip service and signing his name, but he lacks the leadership needed to rally support. Texas needs better than Perry.
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Lacking leadership is a polite way to say it. ![Cheers2 :cheers2:](./images/smilies/cheers2.gif)
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You can't be serious?suthdj wrote:JKTex wrote:I find it odd that there are still people that seem to be on deck to launch a recall campaign over gun rights bills. The Governor is the Governor of the entire state of Texas, not just the fraction of 1% of Texans that have CHL's that these bills would effect.
Sure, to us they're critical and in the grand scheme of things they important, but if 50% of the people that are impacted stood up and made noise, crickets would still be louder. In the grans scheme of things, if these issues aren't addressed, it's not going to change anything. I want a grocery list of things to get done, and think this seems like a good time to slip them through while all the colored hair costume wearing crazies are screaming in the Capitol these days, but I doubt it will. But I won't give up yet.But I'm certainly not soaking the torches in kerosene.
But yet abortion is important? From the chart at the bottom of this link http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/sfaa/texas.html it says in 2008 there were 16.5 abortion per 1000 women, so if my math is correct that is 1.6% percent of women have an abortion, compared to 3-18% of all texans having a CHL. I fail to see his priorities. Maybe if Perry just came out and stated his reasons for this it might be a little easier to take but still does not change anything.
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But let's check your math. 3-18% of Texans with CHL's? That's a massive spread and even 3% way high. There are roughly 600k CHL's issued and about 28 MILLION Texans. Abortion, as much of a political issue as it is and I'm not taking the topic there, directly impacts every female of childbearing age at minimum (15-44), which is about 5.8 million. Obviously that age range is pretty tight so the number is light.
In really rough and very simple numbers, Legislation that impacts CHL holders impacts about .02% of Texans and Legislation pertaining abortion impacts about 21% of Texans.
That should make the issue a little more clear even if I'm off with numbers.
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Push what? If there's no bill, he has nothing to push.Jason K wrote:If this is so important to him, why didn't he push this in 2011 or 2009? Why did he leave the state during the last SS instead of personally drumming up support for the bill?
Perry is good at giving lip service and signing his name, but he lacks the leadership needed to rally support. Texas needs better than Perry.
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JKTex wrote:Push what? If there's no bill, he has nothing to push.Jason K wrote:If this is so important to him, why didn't he push this in 2011 or 2009? Why did he leave the state during the last SS instead of personally drumming up support for the bill?
Perry is good at giving lip service and signing his name, but he lacks the leadership needed to rally support. Texas needs better than Perry.
How about any of these.
SB9- campus carry
SB16- invalid 30.06 posting on public property
HB12-prohibiting firearms & firearms components made & sold in Texas from federal regulation
HB15- prohibiting state/local authorities from enforcing federal anti-2a laws[/quote]
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Alcohol, Tobacco , Firearms. Who's Bringing the Chips?
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Alcohol, Tobacco , Firearms. Who's Bringing the Chips?
No Guns. No Freedom. Know Guns. Know Freedom.
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Re: Another special session?
The Libertarian Party is looking better and better to me.
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SherwoodForest wrote:The Libertarian Party is looking better and better to me.
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Re: Another special session?
Yep, we don't need the government in our wallets, holsters, religions or crotch. Nor recording every phone call or internet message.
Amazing how some only want to protect a subset of liberty but are tyrants on other domains.
Rick, Bloomberg - take your pick - choose how they want to control you.
Amazing how some only want to protect a subset of liberty but are tyrants on other domains.
Rick, Bloomberg - take your pick - choose how they want to control you.
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Office space boss voice* if you could just keep government out of our bedrooms and wallets, maybe control your spending and not turn the world against us. Tha'd be greeaaat. Thanks.
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