Dan Patrick Opposes Constitutional Carry In Texas
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 11 months ago
CBS:
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday he was uncertain whether support exists in the Legislature for so-called “constitutional carry,” which would give all Texans the right to openly carry a firearm — with or without a permit.
In a radio interview, Patrick noted that last session lawmakers passed legislation allowing the open carry of handguns, a proposal whose support he had also questioned at the start of the session.
“On constitutional carry, I’ll say the same thing: I don’t know if the votes are there,” Patrick told San Antonio host Trey Ware.
Patrick did express some wariness about constitutional carry, citing law enforcement concerns. Patrick has made championing police a priority, especially after a shooting last year in Dallas that killed five officers and wounded seven others.
Let’s deal with the second issue first. I would lay good money down that Dan Patrick has been listening to communist Art Acevedo, who is leaving Austin and going to Houston, who opposed open carry, and who enabled the federal government to come into his county and take forced blood draws during random traffic stops in violation of the constitution.
Or he has been talking to someone equally as communist as Art. So the strategy he has chosen is a common one and is designed to protect his boys in the Texas Senate and House from exposure.
He simply says that he doesn’t know if there are enough votes. That way, it gets killed in committee and the anti-gun politicians never out themselves with a formal vote on a bill.
I hate the idea of committees anyway because they are a good way to formulate compromise legislation that ends up bilking people for money, sending that money to constituents and then ultimately doing no good with meaningless legislation.
The solution for this is to call out his strategy as the ruse and lie that it is, bring a bill to a vote, and then use that information to destroy the political careers of the gun controllers. It’s what Dan doesn’t want to happen, but it must happen.
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On January 10, 2017 at 8:35 am, Backwoods Engineer said:
“who enabled the federal government to come into his county and take forced blood draws during random traffic stops in violation of the constitution.” Yeah, it was done here in Alabama, too. People acted like it was no big deal.
On January 10, 2017 at 10:03 am, Col. Douglas Mortimer said:
The mere mention of Acevedo’s name makes me go from zero to rage in about .3 seconds.
This is the guy who thinks you should call the police if you think your neighbors own guns.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-chief-turn-friends-neighbors-gun-enthusiasts-cops-vet/
On January 10, 2017 at 11:37 am, Tom Madere said:
Louisiana has has constitutional open carry since forever, does’t seem to be a problem here. Actually, I rarely see anyone open carrying. Personally I don’t think it is smart tactically, that’s why I carry concealed but to each his own.
On January 10, 2017 at 1:33 pm, Martin Cohn said:
Put it on the floor for a vote and let’s find out!
On January 11, 2017 at 9:16 am, Col. Douglas Mortimer said:
How timely, here is Art-hole thanking the moms for “protecting the 2nd amendment”.
http://gunfreezone.net/index.php/2017/01/11/interesting-photo-of-houston-police-chief-art-acevedo-with-moms-demand-gun-controllers/