Texas Residents: HB700 (Open Carry Law) Is Running Out Of Time!

[TexasGranny]

Received the following in an email today - If you are pro-gun and a Texas resident, please take action. Oh yeah, Oklahoma has already taken care of this - what are we waiting on????

According Rep. Lavender's office all the e-mails and phone calls in support of HB700 is working but we still have no vote on the agenda in committee and time is running out. If Chairman Pickett don't bring it to a vote in the next two weeks it will die a slow no vote death in committee. We need to put as much pressure on Pickett, Speaker Straus and the Home land security committee as possible. Please call the numbers below to voice your support for House bill 700 and you can follow the links to e-mail the needed parties that are holding our chance of open carry hostage because of their own democratic party agenda. Also e-mail Gov. Perry and let his office know that we as citizens of Texas deserve the same rights as 44 other states to protect ourselves and family so he needs to get on the biggest soap box Texas has and get HB 700 pushed through and if they run out of time he needs to hold congress for special session to take care of unfinished business on HB 700.

• committee clerk Mariann Morelock 512 463-0133

  Joe Pickett committee chair

  Room 1W.05, Capitol

  P.O. Box 2910

  Austin, TX 78768

  (512) 463-0596

  (512) 463-6504 Fax

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• District Address:

  1790 Lee Trevino #307

  El Paso, TX 79936

  (915) 590-4349

  (915) 590-4726 Fax

  e-mail link: http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/email/?district=79&session=83

  Speaker Joe Straus

  Room CAP 2W.13, Capitol

  P.O. Box 2910

  Austin, TX 78768

  (512) 463-1000

  (512) 463-0675 Fax

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• District Address:

  7373 Broadway,

  Suite 202-A

  San Antonio, TX 78209

  (210) 828-4411

  (210) 832-9994 Fax

  e-mail http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/email/?district=121&session=83

  here's a link to all the members of the house if you need to find your Representative

  http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/"]http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/

  Gov. Perry

• Information and Referral and Opinion Hotline [for Austin, Texas and out-of-state callers] :

  (512) 463-1782

• Office of the Governor Main Switchboard [office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST] :

  (512) 463-2000

  e-mail http://governor.state.tx.us/contact/

  Please pass on to all your friends we need all the support we can get for HB 700

[Fred A]

I hope this kind of info will jump out at us if and when they try something with virginia.

Hey you might want to add any tweets you get ahold of.

[Gooserider67]

Thanks Granny.... I just emailed Mr. Perry and my rep to get this done....

[TexasGranny]

 

[dog53]

I thought Texas had open carry Granny. or are they trying to take it away from you?

[TexasGranny]

We do NOT have legal Open Carry - We have been trying to get this bill passed for years - right now it is once again held up in committee.

 

Someone please correct me if I am wrong but I believe it is legal to carry a "rifle" in your vehicle with out any special permit. However, I do not believe

you are allowed to have a visible handgun. Concealed carry allows us to carry a gun but it must be concealed. There are many people in Texas that do

carry firearms in their vehicles with out a CCL - I had one in my purse all the time back in the late 70's - 80's without a CCL.

 

Someone with more knowledge on this than me, please give Dog53 the correct info.

 

[skitealwedrop]

Thanks for the post TG. You know how I feel about handguns and the right to carry. I will call and email our friends in Austin. Pressure is good.

[pattyangel]

Done

[Tripphood]

I'd like to see open carry in Florida.

Good luck Texas! Hope you get it!

[DinarMillionaire]

It is lawful to carry 'concealed' in your vehicle in Texas, to and from your car and your home and work. I've been carrying a gun in the vehicle for years, didn't care what the "laws" were. Open carry would be great! Hope it happens. I will contact reps to help it happen. Thanks TG!

[Shabibilicious]

They should bundle "open carry" with "open container"........it would pass in a Texas minute.  As always, just my silly opinion.    

 

GO RV, then BV

[dog53]

Wow had no idea. I have always pictured texas as a state where you could just strap on the old single action six shooter and walk around that way. Hmmm never to old to learn. 

[Kaduku]

You are correct on your statement TG, I for one hope thay PASS our fight for an open carry...I know this will DETER some if not all potential criminals from doing anything stupid if they see that there are numerous of us LAW ABIDING citizens are armed and visible. Will also DETER obama's clowns from taking our weapons/rights from Texans!!!!!

We do NOT have legal Open Carry - We have been trying to get this bill passed for years - right now it is once again held up in committee.

 

Someone please correct me if I am wrong but I believe it is legal to carry a "rifle" in your vehicle with out any special permit. However, I do not believe

you are allowed to have a visible handgun. Concealed carry allows us to carry a gun but it must be concealed. There are many people in Texas that do

carry firearms in their vehicles with out a CCL - I had one in my purse all the time back in the late 70's - 80's without a CCL.

 

Someone with more knowledge on this than me, please give Dog53 the correct info.