Link to Today's hearing video stream SB 354

[RPB]

"Amending to take Teaching hospitals out as exempt too UTMB, UT, hospitals, not exempting veterinary, but human hospitals, not exempting clinics ... Ellis wants clinics exempted."

so did an amendment to exempt teaching hospitals get accepted & folded into the bill already??

Pretty much, but we'll see

[RPB]

1st testimony, air force vet 6 yrs, UT student, FOR bill ...about on gun free zone at fort hood and Germany and others "feeling uncomfortable" and "rights" feelings don't supersede rights ...

2nd one CHL instructor and veteran

[RHenriksen]

"Ellis objects to distinguishing between public n private and author says I agree, don't let Private exempt then"

Very nice.

[Beiruty]

3:55PM Great Great Grandfather prayer ends in...

Praise the Lord, and pass the Ammo, Allah Akbar!

[Gunner21]

Anyone recording this?
I tried with VLC player but the lag is terrible.

[Jasonw560]

Good first witnesses.

I must warn you, Hinojosa is an idiot.

[hirundo82]

"Amending to take Teaching hospitals out as exempt too UTMB, UT, hospitals, not exempting veterinary, but human hospitals, not exempting clinics ... Ellis wants clinics exempted."

so did an amendment to exempt teaching hospitals get accepted & folded into the bill already??

Pretty much, but we'll see

I guess the MD Anderson employees taking the bus early in the morning and late at night don't deserve to protect themselves.

[Jasonw560]

Go Scott!!

[RPB]

Huffmann cuts W Scott Lewis short
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This guy is good, I had gun in my face, bank had a no guns sign, I'm not sure the robber saw it.
Also robbed while working on masters degree ...
Involved in Prison ministry, prisoners say some told him they try not to rob people who may be armed.
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Melanie Swartz (Republicans) UT STudent for the bill now
Took CHL class weeks ago ...

[Jasonw560]

There ya go. Criminals like gun control.

[RPB]

Tara or Cara with NRA
"This building is our Campus. people can get "contentious" here, guns are allowed here,
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UT student in Wheelchair who is "CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER" who takes calls from angry crazy people and has to go unarmed to school, and wackos like one targeting Gabby Giffords have his name ...

[hirundo82]

Tara or Cara with NRA
"This building is our Campus. people can get "contentious" here, guns are allowed here,

That'd be Tara Mica, the NRA state liason.

[RPB]

Professor G with CHL for bill, class security
Also mentions car storage since people know who he is and his car contains a gun.


someone asking him about a "Poll" of students


Texas A&M SA 60% for it after forum

Yeah but how would UT Austin students vote?
"I see more position cards against than for it"

[Jasonw560]

The media's biased them against it.

[hirundo82]

someone asking him about a "Poll"

Poll? Since when do we subject constitutional rights to a poll?

I bet if we put it to a vote, we wouldn't have 4th or 5th Amendment rights any more--you would just have to frame it in terms of being "tough on crime."