On 29 May 2019, H.B. 1177 was sent to Governor Abbott. The bill will make Constitutional Carry legal in Texas, during evacuations when a “state of disaster” is declared and for 168 hours (one week) after the state of disaster declaration.
The law is another incremental step moving toward Constitutional Carry in Texas. It makes perfect sense when taken in the context of the Second Amendment:
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
In the basic understanding of the reality of the writers and ratifiers of the United States Constitution, it would be local militias, made from local residents, that maintain order and provide for defense and security during emergencies.
So, hey, when we know that people are on their own and the thin veneer of a Police State is overwhelmed by a natural disaster, we should TOTALLY legalize the Constitution, for only a week, but when it's "Situation Normal / All Clear" we're going to legally trample your Natural Rights.
This is the biggest admission that the Nanny State is an empty lie. Let's codify it into law.
“It’s not that we don’t have enough scoundrels to curse; it’s that we don’t have enough good men to curse them.”–G.K. Chesterton-Illustrated London News, 3-14-1908
Republicans.Hate.You. See2020.
"Avarice, ambition, revenge and licentiousness would break the strongest cords of our Constitution, as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams to Mass Militia 10-11-1798
“I thinkit’s really, really poor public policy that is not thought out,” Huffman said. “I think you are creating a situation which will be very difficult for law enforcement because, instead of having to deal with rescuing people or helping people, they have to deal with situations about how to confront someone with a gun.”
HB 1177 was approved by a one-vote margin and sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. All 12 Senate Democrats voted against it, joined by Republican Sens. Robert Nichols of Jacksonville, Kel Seliger of Amarillo and Huffman.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, a one week period of following the Constitution, (only in case of emergency, mind you) is a REPUBLICAN idea.
Other people, a smattering of Republicans included, want the Police State to rule during that emergency period, also.
This is the best we can do, IN TEXAS?
Where are the Liberty minded thought leaders in the GOP?
“It’s not that we don’t have enough scoundrels to curse; it’s that we don’t have enough good men to curse them.”–G.K. Chesterton-Illustrated London News, 3-14-1908
Republicans.Hate.You. See2020.
"Avarice, ambition, revenge and licentiousness would break the strongest cords of our Constitution, as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams to Mass Militia 10-11-1798
