Attempt To Rebuke Texas GOP Over Gun Rights Sellout Riles Party Officials
BY Herschel Smith
9 years, 5 months ago
Via reader Mack, The Texas Tribune:
The Texas GOP has abandoned an effort to issue an official statement on the 84th legislative session, divided over a proposed resolution that initially would have accused individual lawmakers of standing in the way of gun rights legislation.
The resolution that named legislators never made it out of a committee of the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC), and the full body never voted on a version of it with softer language. But the very prospect of it riled some party leaders, sparking heated debate about the committee’s role in the Capitol and seriously complicating party fundraising in at least one instance.
As proposed at the committee level, the resolution would have rebuked four Republican lawmakers for “their refusal to allow Constitutional Carry legislation or amendments to be heard in any form or otherwise debated on the merits of the issue at any time during the 84th session of the Texas Legislature.” “Constitutional carry” is the unlicensed carrying of firearms. The legislators named included House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio, Rep. Dennis Bonnen of Angleton, Rep. Larry Phillips of Sherman and Sen. Joan Huffman of Houston.
The GOP is mostly worthless at both the state and federal level, and America needs to start over in the political process. The entire process and everyone in it need to go. As for the four politicians who were leaders in the sellout, Texans know your names even if the resolution didn’t pass. Gun owners have long memories. As for the GOP leaders who got their girly-knickers in a wad over this, you’re in the same camp as the sellouts. And Texans know your names too.
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On June 16, 2015 at 7:57 am, Sgt Rock said:
“The GOP is mostly worthless at both the state and federal level, and America needs to start over in the political process.”
BINGO!
All professional politicians need to go. A return to the citizen politician is what is needed but prying the bastards currently in congress out of DC will be damn near impossible.
On June 16, 2015 at 9:46 am, TexTopCat said:
I think that we all should be for “Constitutional Carry” it is the correct solution. However, HB910 is a major step in the right direction. We need to start now to lay the ground work for the next step by using the new data that will be gained that will most likely continue to show CHL people do not commit serious crimes.
I assume that these people received great pressure from AFL-CIO unions to kill such bills and the union did get amendment one killed.
I hope that the gun owners will remember to vote against the liberal mayors in the major cities that appoint liberal police chiefs and oppose civil rights.
On June 16, 2015 at 2:31 pm, Mack said:
I love that you named their names right here. Everyone nationwide can see who the traitors are.
As for your quote: “Gun owners have long memories.”
Yes! Fair warning.
On June 16, 2015 at 8:30 pm, NewWorldDisorder said:
“The GOP is completely worthless at the federal level, and almost completely worthless at the state level.”
Fixed it for you.
On June 16, 2015 at 10:31 pm, dam said:
BOTH parties are bought and paid for…we the people only pay taxes to support our own demise….for the politicians BORROW way more than we send them..and have been doing this for many years…..imho