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Welcome to 2nd Amendment Texas.  This site is affiliated with the 2nd Amendment Texas group on Facebook (2823 group members at last count).

We are an ACTION based group. We are here to build an effective grassroots lobbying group to NULLIFY Federal gun laws in our state.  All are welcome to browse the content here, but be aware that in order to access some features on this site, you must be logged in, either via a social network or by establishing a web site account with us. Features that require you to be logged in include commenting on posts and access to the forums and group members list. If you are SERIOUS about working with us and supporting the nullification movement, please visit the group list and add your name and Texas House District number!

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Emergency Essentials/BePrepared

Firearms Bills Up For A Vote

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ALERT 2nd Amendment Friends:

HB 928 (Come and Take It Bill)

HB 972 (Campus Carry Bill)

HB 1314 (Illegal Confiscation Bill)

All three are on the Senate Calendar for Friday May 17, 2013.

When results are available an additional post will follow.

Sorry but HB 1076 (2nd Amendment Preservation Act) has not made it onto the Senate Calendar – Plan to call to see if I can find out what the hold up is about.

What Did You Do To Prep Today?

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I just spent a little time shopping at Emergency Essentials/BePrepared.

Picked up a couple cases of freeze-dried food in #10 cans. Mostly veggies, but also got a couple cans of whole egg powder, a #10 can of honey (that’s nine pounds of honey) and a can of salt (endless uses).

Prepping takes both time and money, but shopping at Emergency Essentials/BePrepared saves you both!

HB 928, HB 1076, HB 1314 Committee Vote

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HB 928  Passed committee. Full Senate Vote coming. Did however remove the requirement that state funds be used to defend any federal law suit because of the Supreme Court ruling in Prince v. United States. (note: the committee was telling those speaking against they can suggest amendment proposals before the bill hits the Senate Floor.)

HB 1076  Passed committee. Full Senate Vote coming.

HB 1314   Committee passed it’s Committee Substitute – added the words “in violation of the United States Constitution”.

Member Action needed

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On May 13, 2013 the Senate Committee for Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security will have a public hearing on HB 928, HB 1076, and HB 1314.

If you can register to speak on behalf of one or all of these bills please do so. If you are not comfortable speaking then we ask that you show up in support of the bills.

Afterwards please contact your Senator and ask them to support all three bills with a “YES” vote.

Unless Gov. Perry requires the legislature to stay in session it ends on May 27th - Our 2nd Amendment rights need your action now.

URGENT UPDATE: We got through the house, the Senate might be a tougher fight! This just in from the Tenth Amendment Center:

HB928 is currently in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security, where committee chair, Senator Estes, is the Senate bill sponsor for the legislation.

A public hearing is scheduled for May 13th at 1:30pm in hearing room E1.012 This bill is in the final stages for passage. The Tenth Amendment Center needs your help to keep moving HB928 forward.

ACTION ITEMS for Texas HB928

1. Contact the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security. Senator Estes has agreed to be the sponsor in the Senate. Call him and thank him for sponsoring. Politely ask him to move the bill forward quickly so it can get to the Governor’s desk.

Senator Estes (512) 463-0130

2. Contact all the rest of the members of the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security. Respectfully urge each of them to vote YES on HB928 to move this bill forward in the Senate.

Senator Uresti (512) 463-0119
Senator Heger (512) 463-0118
Senator Hinojosa (512) 463-0120
Senator Schwertner (512) 463-0105

3. Attend the Hearing. Show your support for HB928 by attending the public hearing.

Time to pull together, Texas!

Gun crime has plunged, but Americans think it’s up, says study

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Via the LA Times:

Gun crime has plunged in the United States since its peak in the middle of the 1990s, including gun killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes, two new studies of government data show.

Yet few Americans are aware of the dramatic drop, and more than half believe gun crime has risen, according to a newly released survey by the Pew Research Center.

In less than two decades, the gun murder rate has been nearly cut in half. Other gun crimes fell even more sharply, paralleling a broader drop in violent crimes committed with or without guns. Violent crime dropped steeply during the 1990s and has fallen less dramatically since the turn of the millennium.

The number of gun killings dropped 39% between 1993 and 2011, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported in a separate report released Tuesday. [Emphasis added]

Of course most Americans think gun crime is up. That’s exactly what the liberal media wants you to believe. The truth, as usual, doesn’t fit their agenda.

Firearms Bills Pass Texas House

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Here’s the latest word I have on firearms bills voted on today:

HB 47 / SB 864 – Handgun Proficiency (hours required 4 – 6) – Passed
HB 48 – Procedure to renew conceal (ability to online) – Passed
HB 972 – Concealed (Higher Ed) – Passed
HB 1076 – Firearms Protection Act – Passed
HB 1314 – Confiscation by feds – Passed

UPDATE: These were only passed to the third reading. Scheduled for vote on May 6. Attempts were made today to amend HB 1076 but all amendments failed.

They did not get to HB 928 prior to adjourning for the day. It will get the second reading on May 6.