Gov. Perry and Cun Control...

[Ulric]

Pulled from another forum..

Governor Perry Signs Emergency Powers Bill Into Law!

Thank You for Your Calls and Support of SB112 During the Legislative Session!



On Friday, April 27, Governor Rick Perry (R) signed into law Senate Bill 112, NRA-backed legislation to prevent the confiscation of firearms and ammunition from law-abiding citizens during a future state of emergency or natural disaster.



This important measure will ensure that what occurred in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will never happen in Texas.



Please take a moment to send an email of thanks to the bill's sponsors State Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) at john.carona@senate.state.tx.us and State Representative Frank Corte (R-San Antonio) at frank.corte@house.state.tx.us.




To find further contact information or help identifying your legislators
please use the "Write Your Representative" feature found at www.NRAILA.org.


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Posted on Mon, Apr. 30, 2007
Perry: Allow concealed handguns anywhere
By JAY ROOT
jroot@star-telegram.com

http://www.star-telegram.com/189/story/86649.html

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, mulling ways to stop the kind of murderous rampages that recently left 33 dead on a college campus in Virginia, said Monday there’s one sure-fire solution he likes: allow Texans to take their concealed handguns anywhere.

Period.

Perry said he opposes any concealed gun-toting restrictions at all — whether it’s in a hospital, a public school, a beer joint or even the local courthouse.

“The last time I checked, putting a sign up that says 'Don’t bring your weapons in here,' someone who has ill intent on their mind — they could care less," Perry told reporters. “I think it makes sense for Texans to be able to protect themselves from deranged individuals, whether they're in church or whether on a college campus or wherever."

As reporters began clicking off a list of places where concealed permit holders face restrictions, Perry cut off the questioning and made it clear that he meant anywhere at all.

Under current law, secured airport areas, hospitals, courthouses, bars, churches and schools are among the places where weapons are or can be banned, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

People entering federal courts in Texas are routinely required to leave even their cell phones behind.

“Let me cover it right here," Perry said. “I think a person ought to be able to carry their weapons with them anywhere in this state if they are licensed and they have gone through the training. The idea that you’re going to exempt them from a particular place is non-sense to me."

State Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, called Perry’s proposal “a terrible idea."

“Anybody has a right to tell somebody that they can’t bring their handgun into their place of business," Burnam said. “I think the governor is just overreaching in a counterproductive way and it's kind of typical (of the) governor — shoot from the hip, literally and figuratively."

Perry made the remarks at a news conference after meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to discuss ways to prevent mass shootings and enhance school safety. The discussion stems from President Bush’s drive to find solutions to such tragedies in the wake of the carnage at Virginia Tech University.

About 260,000 Texans, who have undergone mandatory background check and training, are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, records show. In the last fiscal year, 180 licenses were revoked and 493 were suspended for unknown reasons, records show.


...I also recall something in regards to the state changing, or moving to change so that 'public information' did NOT include names/information of CHL holders to be available to the public.

[Patrick]

Hallelujah!! Good job!:icon_thum

[CaJuNsOuLjA]

Amen!

[hotcknstrips]

I don't own a gun, nefver even fired one in my life, but I think this is a positiv e step.

[jus10]

IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!

[kozmic]

Good guys: 2
Bad guys: 3,543,345

We're getting there... :nod:

And I like the fact that someone up top is finally realizing that criminals do not "follow the rules". Gun control laws only affect the people who respect the law. Criminals do not give a rats arss if the sign says, "no guns allowed".

[jus10]

Good guys: 2
Bad guys: 3,543,345

We're getting there... :nod:

And I like the fact that someone up top is finally realizing that criminals do not "follow the rules". Gun control laws only affect the people who respect the law. Criminals do not give a rats arss if the sign says, "no guns allowed".

I applauded that as well!

[YankeeR6]

sweet

[sbfuller]

i agree, if you have the CHL then you should be able to carry anywhere you damn well please... remember, those are the responsible gun owners...

[AliceInChains02]

i don't think i trust anyone enough to let them carry a gun on an airplane.

[jus10]

wait...so was the second part (gun carry anywhere) actually passed or just "talked about?"

[ScooterTrash]

Hallelujah!! Good job!:icon_thum
blew me away when i heard this.:icon_thum

[Gigolo Jason]

"Cun" control? :dontknow:

[AliceInChains02]

"Cun" control? :dontknow:
good eyes

[Ulric]

I don't use spell check....sue me.

[Moody]

i don't think i trust anyone enough to let them carry a gun on an airplane.
Why?

I guarantee you have made it through life thus far in the presence of more guns then you probably could ever imagine and this is simply speaking about people who have been checked out and demonstrated they know how to properly use a hand gun.

Nobody is suggesting that we all get hopped up on psychedelics and run around with guns.... although this seemed to work out great for Hunter S. Thompson. (One of my personal heros.) :icon_thum

[Moody]

Finally Perry has said something that makes sense.

[t.dubya]

Amen....If someone tried to confiscate my guns and ammo during a state of emergency, all that they would be succesful in confiscating would be a belly full of dove shot.
God Bless the right to bear arms@!

[Moody]

Facts to ponder:

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.

(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.

(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.

Now think about this: Guns:

(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes, that's 80 million.)

(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.

(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.

Statistics courtesy of the FBI.

So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."

Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone has at least one doctor.

Please alert your friends to this alarming threat.

We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!

Out of concern for the public at large, we have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention!

[AliceInChains02]

Why?

I guarantee you have made it through life thus far in the presence of more guns then you probably could ever imagine and this is simply speaking about people who have been checked out and demonstrated they know how to properly use a hand gun.

Nobody is suggesting that we all get hopped up on psychedelics and run around with guns.... although this seemed to work out great for Hunter S. Thompson. (One of my personal heros.) :icon_thum

Because it's just too easy to **** up in an airplane. All you need to do is accidentally fire one shot and everyone's ****ed. And not everyone who gets a pistol permit should be trusted with 100s of lives.

[AliceInChains02]

Facts to ponder:

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.

(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.

(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.

Now think about this: Guns:

(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes, that's 80 million.)

(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.

(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.

Statistics courtesy of the FBI.

So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."

Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone has at least one doctor.

Please alert your friends to this alarming threat.

We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!

Out of concern for the public at large, we have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention!

Yeah, and taxi drivers should be issued pistols and bulletproof vests since they're more likely to be shot than a cop.

[Moody]

Yeah, and taxi drivers should be issued pistols and bulletproof vests since they're more likely to be shot than a cop.
I don't see why they would not do this if they feel it was nescessary. They have the right to. Are you an advocate for safer taxi practices or something?

[Moody]

Yeah, and taxi drivers should be issued pistols and bulletproof vests since they're more likely to be shot than a cop.
PS, can you please provide a link to these statistics?

[Gigolo Jason]

I don't use spell check....sue me.

It's fine, I don't either.

When I first saw it I thought you were trying to spell "Cum" and that this article had something to do with Perry's sex life.

:laughing6 :laughing6 :laughing6

[AliceInChains02]

PS, can you please provide a link to these statistics?

"Taxi drivers homicide rates were more than four times higher than those of the next four highest occupations; private security workers, law enforcement officers, retail cashiers and retail managers."
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun00/morraco3060900.htm

[Ulric]

That's cool Gi, jsut havin fun.


Alice...
" CHAPEL HILL – Analysis of 15 years of on-the-job homicides in North Carolina shows taxi drivers are significantly more likely than others to be murdered at work, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study."

'on-the-job homocides in North Carolina'... the 49 other states?

[Moody]

"Taxi drivers homicide rates were more than four times higher than those of the next four highest occupations; private security workers, law enforcement officers, retail cashiers and retail managers."
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun00/morraco3060900.htm
This information is worthless Alice and shows how far off topic your remark was. Come on now..... It already said in this severely lacking report towards what we are disgussing that over half the deaths were from robberies. Last time I checked I could not be a convicted felon and carry a concealed handgun.

[Crystalline]

Dear friends,

First of all, I am fine ... but earlier today I had an experience that
I'm sharing with you so that you will be careful.

After going for a run with Amanda today, I went to get cash at the
Sterling Bank ATM near the Taco Milagro on the corner of Kirby and
Westheimer. It's a busy area, and it was still daylight. The ATM fronted
on Westheimer. There were lots of people out on the patio at Taco
Milagro, just 50 yards or so away.

I got out of my car, locked it, and went to the cash machine. As soon as
I had put my card into the machine and entered my PIN, a woman came up
and stood right next to me on my left, put a gun in my side and told me
that she wouldn't shoot me if I didn't scream and gave her $800. I had
only punched in $200, so she grabbed that and told me to get $800 more.
My bank has a $400 daily limit (I have since learned), so after trying
$800, 700,600 and so on, I was able to withdraw $200 more. During this
time she repeatedly told me not to scream or she would shoot me, and
asked many times for my PIN code. I didn't speak to her and didn't
answer her question, and all kinds of things were going through my head
- mostly was she going to use the gun, but also would she steal Andrew's
car (which I was driving), my purse (which I was holding), my rings
(which I was wearing), the receipt which showed our bank balance. After
withdrawing the second round of cash, she grabbed the money, told me to
stay where I was, and took off. After ten seconds or so, I turned around
and realized she had run across the little side street just east of the
ATM, jumped into a car that took off just as I looked over that way. I
tried to see the license plate, but they were just far enough away that
I wasn't able to make out the numbers, although I did make a mental note
of the kind of car and the way they headed out. I had grabbed my
receipts as soon as I was sure she (and the gun) were gone, and got back
in my car to get home asap.



HPD came to our house and took down the case. I am pretty sure they will
be able to see the woman on the videotape from the ATM because she was
standing right next to me the whole time, and I had the receipts that
showed the exact times of the two transactions.



All I can say is: be careful about ATM's. The police said that robberies
like this are happening all over the city, in broad daylight, in good
neighborhoods. They look for easy marks (women by themselves) and they
have it down to a science. I am so lucky that I wasn't hurt - and she
didn't steal the car, my purse and jewelry, etc. Maybe you will be more
careful than ever before and this - or worse - won't happen to you. The
entire episode made me realize that every day we are in seemingly
harm-free situations that can quickly turn into dangerous situations.

Much love from Ella Lee Lane , NOT Ben Taub Hospital -

Be careful!

Kim

p.s. If you are reading this, please promise you won't tell my parents
or in-laws about this. They worry enough as it is!

I got this today and I thought it was some what appropriate to this thread. This lady is my Aunt's friend. Now I'm glad that Perry is doing some better for people who have permission to carry a gun. Shit I have no problem with it and I still want to get mine, but something needs to fixed and that is people who shouldn't be carrying them. It's too easy to get a gun. I could by a gun without a CHL and so could the next delinquent. First thing that needs to be fixed is Pawn shop's. I can get one with numbers scraped off; now that's scary. Besides that... I haven't really put that much thought into it. Any other suggestions? :hs:

[FOSHIGGITY]

perry feeds gun lovers this while he sails texas up the river with illegals. way to look the other way at a non issue guys. :gesture:

[Ulric]

"I got this today and I thought it was some what appropriate to this thread. This lady is my Aunt's friend. Now I'm glad that Perry is doing some better for people who have permission to carry a gun. Shit I have no problem with it and I still want to get mine, but something needs to fixed and that is people who shouldn't be carrying them. It's too easy to get a gun. I could by a gun without a CHL and so could the next delinquent. First thing that needs to be fixed is Pawn shop's. I can get one with numbers scraped off; now that's scary. Besides that... I haven't really put that much thought into it. Any other suggestions? "

1> Report that 'shop' where you can get a handgun that doesn't have serial number.
2> " It's too easy to get a gun. I could by a gun without a CHL and so could the next delinquent."
You can legally or illegally get a gun? :-)

A CHL is not required for owning a firearm and shouldn't be. It does not matter what laws you pass, you will not, can not keep criminals from obtaining firearms.
Who would prefer a police state , where they can come in any time they wants search/tear apart your house to make sure you don't have any firearms? and then what would be next? Check for anything else that isn't legal while their at it.... pirated music/movies? where would it stop?

[Ulric]

perry feeds gun lovers this while he sails texas up the river with illegals. way to look the other way at a non issue guys. "
actually it is an issue, start a thread/topic on the illegal issue if you want P.. if the gov is can handle different things, we can discuss different things. No person is perfect and no person is going to address all the things the way we want em to.

[Crystalline]

1> Report that 'shop' where you can get a handgun that doesn't have serial number.
2> " It's too easy to get a gun. I could by a gun without a CHL and so could the next delinquent."
You can legally or illegally get a gun? :-)

A CHL is not required for owning a firearm and shouldn't be. It does not matter what laws you pass, you will not, can not keep criminals from obtaining firearms.
Who would prefer a police state , where they can come in any time they wants search/tear apart your house to make sure you don't have any firearms? and then what would be next? Check for anything else that isn't legal while their at it.... pirated music/movies? where would it stop?

I don't care about it being in the home because people need to protect themselves from other mofukers, but I just hate the fact that it is too easy to go get one.. Underage and everything. Kids are bringing guns to school and robbing gas stations. I'd beat the **** out of my kid for doing something stupid like that.
And yes, I know this is a lost cause, but it doesn't hurt to wish something.

[Moody]

perry feeds gun lovers this while he sails texas up the river with illegals. way to look the other way at a non issue guys. :gesture:
We have covered the illegal immigration topic on here plenty. How about using the search function before making yourself look like an idiot. :icon_thum

[Moody]

I don't care about it being in the home because people need to protect themselves from other mofukers, but I just hate the fact that it is too easy to go get one.. Underage and everything. Kids are bringing guns to school and robbing gas stations. I'd beat the **** out of my kid for doing something stupid like that.
And yes, I know this is a lost cause, but it doesn't hurt to wish something.
Possibly tougher sentencing for those in possesion of an illegal firearm or that used one to commit a crime. :dontknow:

[ScooterTrash]

perry feeds gun lovers this while he sails texas up the river with illegals. way to look the other way at a non issue guys. :gesture:
believe me, he's not distracting me. Have you really taken the time to write letters to him and your other representatives about you concerns with the illegal immigrant issue?

[Moody]

believe me, he's not distracting me. Have you really taken the time to write letters to him and your other representatives about you concerns with the illegal immigrant issue?
Maybe this is part of Gov. Perry's illegal immigration plan? :dontknow:

[paniro187]

We have covered the illegal immigration topic on here plenty. How about using the search function before making yourself look like an idiot. :icon_thum:gesture:

[Moody]

:gesture:
Your wife would be better at helping you with that then me.... :icon_bigg

The guy had 2 posts and posted up that way off topic crap in this thread.... Was I supposed to not be a smart ass?

[Moody]

:gesture:
Although, Arming our border would probably help with the immigration issue. So, maybe it was on topic? :laughing6