Not looking good for licensed concealed carry on TX campuses

The Texas bill to allow licensed concealed carry in buildings on Texas college campuses may not make it. Latest news here.

TX concealed carry on campus bill delayed again

Latest on bill for concealed carry on TX college campuses. Doesn't look good for the bill. IMHO, Zaffirini has been a chronic meddler in higher education in Texas.

Latest update on concealed carry on Texas campuses

Still stalled one vote shy of coming up for full vote in TX Senate. As I wrote earlier, it's not looking good for Wentworth's bill. Stay tuned.

Licensed concealed carry on TX state college campuses again an issue.

During the Texas legislature's prior session, bills to allow those with valid Texas concealed carry licenses to carry on public college campuses never got up for a real vote. This will be an issue again in the new session which starts in January. You can make a good argument that a ban on concealed carry on public college campuses is a violation of the Second Amendment. Let's be clear on this. There is no requirement that licensees do so. The bills only give them freedom of choice on the issue. I know my libertarian bias is showing, but one would think that a society that labels itself free would welcome freedom of choice among law-abiding, trained, citizens who have cleared the legal and practical hurdles of getting a license to carry. Bill White would have let college Presidents make the decision. That was a cop-out. Decisions effecting freedom of choice for law-abiding licensed citizens should be made by politically accountable officials, mot politically unaccountable bureaucrats. One of the few (and far between) positive things about Rick Perry was that he would not leave the decision to the bureaucrats, but to politically accountable officials. IMHO, many liberal Democrats will be tip-toeing gingerly around this issue in the coming months. We can probably anticipate delaying and other tactics against the bill from some of these reps. LINK

Texas Inmate Dies After 34 years on Death Row

Ronald Chambers was Texas'longest-serving death row inmate. Although cause of death has not yet been determined, he did manage to avoid execution. LINK