{"id":5670,"date":"2015-06-02T07:43:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=5670"},"modified":"2015-06-02T07:43:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:43:38","slug":"texas-campus-carry-passes-now-to-governor-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/02\/texas-campus-carry-passes-now-to-governor-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Campus Carry Passes: Now to Governor Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"posted-on\">Posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2015\/06\/texas-campus-carry-passes-now-to-governor-abbott\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">June 1, 2015<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Dean Weingarten<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211090\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-211090 size-large\" title=\"Texas Campus Carry Passes; Now to Governor Abbott\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Texas-600x338.jpg?2ce9ba\" alt=\"Texas\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas Campus Carry Passes; Now to Governor Abbott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141893\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/tags\/dean-weingarten\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dean-Weingarten.jpg?2ce9ba\" alt=\"Dean Weingarten\" width=\"200\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dean Weingarten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Arizona \u2013<\/strong> -(<a title=\"AmmoLand Reports\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammoland.com<\/a>)- The campus carry bill passed the last hurdles in the Texas House and Texas Senate today, 31 May, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was significantly altered during the debates in the House and in the conference committee, primarily because it was held up in the House calendars committee until near the end of the legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>This gave the minority of House Democrats leverage to insert restrictive amendments as a trade off to running out the clock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2014\/02\/16\/shining-light-on-house-speaker-joe-straus\/\">House Speaker Joe Straus<\/a> is widely given responsibility for control of the Calendars committee; he appointed the members, who are seen as Straus loyalists.\u00a0 In 2013, Straus gathered 11 Republicans and at least 65 Democrats to seize the Speaker\u2019s position.\u00a0 In 2015 Straus was elected to the Speakership with only 19 opposing votes, though Wikipedia states that it was the first\u00a0 recorded vote for speaker since 1976.\u00a0 Speaker Straus has great control over what bills pass, and what bills die in committee.\u00a0 In his first term as speaker, it is reported that more Democrat bills become law than Republican bills.<\/p>\n<p>Read the Remainder of the Article <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2015\/06\/texas-campus-carry-passes-now-to-governor-abbott\/?utm_source=Ammoland+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=22c52effb9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_6f6fac3eaa-22c52effb9-20724777#axzz3buLjqyiD\">HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on June 1, 2015 By Dean Weingarten Texas Campus Carry Passes; Now to Governor Abbott Dean Weingarten Arizona \u2013 -(Ammoland.com)- The campus carry bill passed the last hurdles in the Texas House and Texas Senate today, 31 May, 2015. 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