So the Texas House said no to the Senate amendments. A bit surprising, but (per Texas GOA, anyway) there seems to be reason to believe that the Backstabbing Baltimorean of The Woodlands (that's Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, IOW) deliberately added the amendments to make it more difficult for the houses to jointly agree to a bill and to deliberately trigger a House Rules provision that would've made it possible for the bill to be thrown out on a technicality!

http://texas.gunowners.org/con...conference-committee

The five Senate and House members have been named to the conference committee. The House side is apparently fine - they named two Dems to it, but they're both among the seven Dems who originally voted for passage and one of them, Canales, seems to be fired up for passage. The Senate side is composed of Senators who voted for passage. Schwertner is the bill's godfather in the Senate, Campbell has an excellent record on this issue. Don't know much about Brian Birdwell, Bryan Hughes, and Brandon Creighton; if anybody does then please sing out.

Meanwhile House Speaker Phelan and Patrick (effectively the head of the Republican majority in the Senate) are both chirping happy thoughts into Tweetville. Neither is known for supporting permitless carry in the past and both have been accused of actively sabotaging pro-gun legislation in the past. Do they think they can quietly torpedo it in the two and a half weeks remaining in the legislative session? Have their constituents put the fear of God in them, or perhaps in their cauci?

http://www.texastribune.org/20...andguns-legislation/

The fur flies, the drama grows, but it's pretty clear that the politicians have drawn the conclusion that the voters of Texas are determined to have Constitutional Carry.

Texans, need to call HB 1927 sponsor Rep. Matt Schaefer and ask for him to swallow hard and take the bill as it sits.

It may not be perfect but it is 98-99% perfect.

Please respectfully communicate this to his staff answering the phone or emails!

HK Ag

There's no reason to not strike hard on both sides. After you call Schaefer, call up Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Majority Leader Phelan, and tell them to get the Senate side to reduce the number of amendments it demands.

The House and the Senate conference committees have reportedly found a compromise. No details available yet; the compromise bill will still have to be approved by both the full House and the full Senate before being sent to the Governor for signature, so I guess we'll get the details of this iteration then.

http://www.texastribune.org/20...onstitutional-carry/

Texas 87th Legislature Pro Gun Bill Catalog Updates:

HB 1927 Schaefer - Constitutional Carry - Heading to Gov Abbott's Desk

HB 918 Leman - Protective Order bill for 18yr old - Grants them a LTC at 18 - Heading to Gov Abbott's desk

HP 1387 Metcalf - Foster Parents - Allows foster parents to store ammo in same safe as firearms for the first time! - Heading to Gov Abbott's desk

HB 2622 Holland - Sanctuary State, no state resources can be used to enforce Federal laws that are not also state laws - Heading to Gov Abbott's desk

HB 2112 Metcalf - LTC Carry options beyond holster on belt, think women's carry - Looks good to head to Gov Abbott's desk

HB 1500 Hefner - during a declared disaster Firearms related businesses are "Essential" - Heading to Gov Abbott's desk

HB 957 Oliverson - Texas Made Suppressors - Heading to Gov Abbott's desk

HB1407 Schaefer - Visible holstered handgun in vehicle OK for CHL - Heading to Gov Abbott's Desk

Equally Important, no Anti-gun bills look likely to pass.

Thank you TSRA lobbyists!

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HB 1927 Schaefer - Constitutional Carry - 1 step away from going to Gov Abbotts Desk

AP is now reporting that it's cleared the Senate and is on the way to the Governor's desk for signature.

http://www.yahoo.com/news/texa...rying-223356313.html

This came up in conversation over the weekend & someone mentioned that this would only apply to Open Carry, for non-LTC holders.

Can someone point to a source to confirm/deny?

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This came up in conversation over the weekend & someone mentioned that this would only apply to Open Carry, for non-LTC holders.

Can someone point to a source to confirm/deny?

Well, the article isn't clear at all about that. But if that's the case, then that's pathetic.

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Texas already has some of the loosest gun laws in the country ....

False.

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Can someone point to a source to confirm/deny?

Texas Legislature. You can see all of the details for it (e.g. votes, proposed amendments, etc), and at the tab at the top is the "text" where you'll find this conference committee text .

Any thoughts regarding HB 957 exempting Texas manufactured suppressors from NFA regulation? Frankly, I'm not sure how that's gonna work out.

^^^ Scuttlebutt is that it's set up to generate a test case in the federal courts before anyone actually has to risk going to jail. Waiting and seeing what happens pretty much seems like the way to go.