Are Republicans serious about
defending your right to bear arms?
Posted By: GO3, 5/8/2021 5:41:00 PM
Twenty states have passed "Constitutional Carry" laws in anticipation of another Democrat gun grab. While open carry and concealed carry without permit is a shot across the bow, let's not get misty. Gun control is one of two issues Republicans roll out every election, abortion being the other one, even though they lost that. They also lost on marriage. Why tempt fate? Because Republicans think their constituents are knuckle-dragging white supremacists and religious fanatics. They won't say that. They just let Democrats say that unchallenged.
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Twenty states have passed "Constitutional Carry" laws in anticipation of another Democrat gun grab. While open carry and concealed carry without permit is a shot across the bow, let's not get misty. Gun control is one of two issues Republicans roll out every election, abortion being the other one, even though they lost that. They also lost on marriage. Why tempt fate? Because Republicans think their constituents are knuckle-dragging white supremacists and religious fanatics. They won't say that. They just let Democrats say that unchallenged.
The Texas House on Thursday gave an initial OK to a bill that would allow handguns to be carried without a permit, marking a win for gun rights activists who have for years pushed the measure at the Legislature but a blow to El Paso Democrats who have been fighting for gun safety measures since the 2019 massacre in their hometown. (snip) House Bill 1927, spearheaded by state Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, would nix the requirement for Texas residents to obtain a license to carry handguns if they’re not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a gun.
AUSTIN (WOAI/KABB) — Texas is following Florida's lead in banning "vaccine passports." Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that he's issued an Executive Order banning state agencies or political subdivision from creating a "vaccine passport" requirement for receipt of services or even requesting an individuals COVID-19 vaccination status. "Everyday, Texans are returning to normal life as more people get the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. But, as I've said all along, these vaccines are always voluntary and never forced," said Governor Abbott. "Government should not require any Texan to show proof of vaccination and reveal private health information just to go about their daily lives.
AUSTIN, Texas — The University Interscholastic League has pushed the first games of the Texas high school football season for its biggest districts to the end of September due to the coronavirus. The modifications to the 2020-2021 UIL calendar and updated COVID-19 risk mitigation guidelines are set to take effect August 1st.
UIL's updated plan provides a delay for schools in highly-populated metro areas, primarily conferences 5A-6A, given the challenges with COVID-19 those communities are facing. (snip) Meanwhile, smaller school districts that are 1A-4A have an opportunity to start seasons on schedule.
ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Police Department released its plan for enforcing Governor Greg Abbott's mandatory mask order. "In an effort to be transparent and supportive of our citizens, the City Manager and I are releasing my enforcement protocols," said Chief Stan Standridge. "It is very important to note that the Governor’s Executive Order does not authorize detention for mask violations. This makes enforcement difficult at best, so we need our citizens to voluntarily comply." According to the order signed Thursday, masks are mandatory in any county with 20 or more active cases of COVID-19.
ABILENE, Texas — Hardin-Simmons University is investigating a social media post by a student that it called "deeply disappointing and unacceptable." The post on Tik Tok shows a girl wearing a Hardin-Simmons shirt. HSU acknowledged she is a student. In the video, she reveals how she thinks people react when a black person kills another black person or a black person kills a white person versus when a white person kills a black person. University officials tweeted a a statement Tuesday evening that said “the message shared by this student is not reflective of the Christian values of our institution.” Correction*
LONDON: An Iranian airline under US sanctions flew passengers infected with the coronavirus to Iraq and Lebanon and between Iran and China, fueling the spread of the virus across the Middle East. Mahan Air, a private company linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), continued flying to China and elsewhere for weeks after Tehran officially barred flights to and from the country on Jan. 31. The airline lied about these flights taking place, according to an investigation by the BBC. (snip) Planes that went to Tehran from China also made onward travel within 24 hours to Barcelona, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Istanbul.
IRAN: The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been promoting what appears to be a notorious fake bomb-detecting device as a coronavirus detector. Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, who replaced Qassem Soleimani as head of Iran’s asymmetric warfare unit after his assassination by a US drone in Iraq in January, presented the device on state TV on Wednesday, claiming that it could detect COVID-19 “within seconds.” The model shown is almost identical in appearance to the famously useless plastic and metal fake bomb-detecting device that was first sold by convicted British fraudster James McCormick to Iraqi security forces.
ABILENE, Texas — The City of Abilene will begin enforcing the limited shelter-in-place more aggressively this week. City Manager Robert Hanna said if non-essential businesses don't shut down, the City may have to pull their certificate of occupancy, which means they'd lose their power meter.
"Please do what we're asking you to do," Hanna said. "We're not doing this because we want to hurt y'all. We're not doing this because we want to hurt the economy. We're doing this because it's a public emergency, and we need people to take it seriously."
The City is also expecting revenue issues going forward.
Closing schools for eight weeks or more may have a greater impact on mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus than two- to four-week closures, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Shorter-term closures will likely make little difference in the spread of the disease, new CDC guidance states, even as K-12 school districts across the country began announcing school closures within the shorter time frame. Further, short-term closures may actually have detrimental effects, negatively impacting older caregivers at home, the CDC said.
Baghdad: A volley of rockets landed near the US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad Sunday night, two security sources told AFP, in the latest unclaimed attack on American installations in the country. Five rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad. AFP reporters heard loud thuds emanating from the western bank of the Tigris, where most foreign embassies are located. One security source said three Katyusha rockets hit near the high-security compound while another said as many as five struck the area. There was no immediate word on casualties.
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis apologized Wednesday for his widely-viewed slap of a woman who had grabbed his hand as he greeted Catholic faithful on New Year’s Eve.
The image of Francis slapping his way free from the clutches of the admirer was an instant hit on social media. A personal apology followed. “We lose patience many times,” Francis confessed. “It happens to me too. I apologize for the bad example given yesterday,” the head of the Catholic church said before celebrating Mass at the Vatican.
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Ward makes some good points, particularly about Republicans using a pro-gun rights stance when elections roll around. This is what Abbott and the Republican controlled legislature are doing to distract from their lousy performance during the winter storm and the response, not to mention the oppressive nature of Covid counter-measures . Ward is also correct that the training required to get a CCW was a plus in terms of firearms proficiency and use of deadly force IAW state law. We can all stand up and cheer about constitutional carry, but what crises will Abbott use next to squash those rights via EO? And BTW, HJR 42, limiting the time period the governor has to issue EOs in times of emergencies without legislative review has yet to come out of committee as far as I can tell.