Legislative News Texas Faired Well By Alice Gene Tripp
Whether you were a Trump supporter, supported Ted Cruz or leaned toward another candidate for President, Texas gun owners were relieved on Wednesday, November 9th to wake up to find the Commander in Chief was not Hilary Clinton. Texas faired well during the 2016 elections. There were very few losses in the General Election with the exception of House District 107 in Dallas. Rep. Kenneth Sheets lost his re-election battle despite best efforts to help with money, alerts, and mailings. If the polls and the press had been on-target the losses to Republican down-ballot candidates could have been greater. Thank you, TSRA members for supporting the PAC fund and for voting.
school safety plans and, at last count, 84 ISD’s made the decision to allow certain members of their faculty with a handgun license to carry into school buildings.
This started with Harrold ISD in 2007. Harrold ISD is a tiny school district in a very rural location. Their school board with input from parents, faculty and staff took this step provided in statute and added it to the district’s existing school safety plan. Similar language is included in statute when it comes to ‘carrying’ in a courthouse.
I view the information below as the beginning of a trend toward local control and community self-determination. In San Jacinto County, County Judge John
Fear-driven media-hype centered on licensed open carry caused some private business to post both PC 30.06 and PC 30.07 signs where none were posted before. This was due in part to the Democratic Party selling PC 30.07 signs as an online fundraiser and at least one state representative in San Antonio delivered signs to businesses in his district.
Working Toward the 2017
Legislative Session You should be aware, especially if you’re a handgun licensee, that PC 46.03 prohibits licensees from entering a primary or secondary school building without written authorization. Post- Sandy Hook, Texas ISD’s reviewed their
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Lovett has become the first Texas county judge to write a court order allowing those with a handgun license to have full access to their courthouse including the offices of the court as per PC 46.03(3). The only location excluded is inside the actual courtroom on a court day due to the presence of criminal defendants. This is certainly local control at its
best. Local government should respond to requests from their constituents especially when those requests are within their power and within state law. Judge Lovett has also provided free access to LTC classes for the 125 county employees and their families. This number was later expanded to include local volunteer fire departments and first responders from across San Jacinto County. So far they’ve held six classes with many attendees.
The judge is providing a common sense personal safety option for people who work with him and work for the county.
Although sometimes it doesn’t feel this way but in this country the voter has control especially at the local level. We elect people to represent us, not to be our parent.
Sign Problems Fear-driven media-hype centered on licensed open carry caused some private business to post both PC 30.06 and PC 30.07 signs where none were posted before. This was due in part to the Democratic Party selling PC 30.07 signs as an online fundraiser and at least one state representative in San Antonio delivered signs to businesses in his district. Anti-gun groups such as Bloomberg -Funded, Mom’s Demand, working with Texas Gun Sense put pressure on chain stores to post locations off limits and ‘helped’ by providing the signs for free or easily
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