Open carry, campus carry (laws) advanced in Texas Senate [View all]

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Source: KVUE T.V.

Open carry, campus carry advance in Texas Senate


Senate meeting on two high-profile gun bills

AUSTIN -- Two hotly-debated gun bills are one step closer to possibly becoming law in Texas.

Campus carry and licensed open carry bills were approved by the Senate State Affairs Committee Thursday evening. More than a hundred people signed up to testify either for or against the legislation.

"I recognize that these are important issues for everyone here. We will strive for an orderly and respectful hearing," committee chair Joan Huffman (R-Houston) said after gaveling the hearing into session Thursday morning.

Campus carry Senate Bill 11 author state Sen. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) began by announcing plans to modify his bill to avoid potential conflicts in the event campus carry and open carry legislation are both signed into law. Birdwell said in such a case, open carry would still be prohibited on public college campuses.

Read more: http://www.kvue.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/12/open-carry-campus-carry-advance-in-texas-senate/23326645/

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I don't know why they call it the Senate. Ought to just call it the NRA.
Maybe they need a refresher course on the history of guns on campus....the 1966 Univ. of Texas bell tower shooter, Charles Whitman

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/whitman/index_1.html

Of course there are more than enough current stories which have also been unheeded.