“As our state and country continue to discuss and debate gun control legislation, the position of our association remains steadfast,” the statement said. “The MSPOA will not waver in our defense of the Constitution and will stand to preserve our constituents’ right to possess firearms and the protections insured by the other nine amendments contained in the Bill of Rights.” The statement goes on to describe the belief of the organization that infringing on gun rights only weakens those who follow the laws, not criminals. “The MSPOA feels that any legislation that takes away constitutional protections, including gun rights, from law-abiding citizens will not alleviate or eliminate the threat from violent or mentally ill individuals,” it reads. “In fact, it would expose our law-abiding neighbors to violence with fewer resources to counter them with.”

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Gov. Perry also signed H.B. 1815 after passage by the 2007 Legislature, a bill that allows any Texas resident to carry a concealed handgun in the resident's motor vehicle without a CHL or other permit.

Previous legislation (H.B. 823) enacted in the 2005 session of the Legislature had modified TPC 46.15 ("Non-Applicability") to include the "traveller assumption"; a law enforcement officer who encounters a firearm in a vehicle was required to presume that the driver of that vehicle was "travelling" under a pre-existing provision of 46.15, and thus the Unlawful Carry statute did not apply, absent evidence that the person was engaged in criminal activity, a member of a gang, or prohibited from possessing a firearm.

However, attorneys and law enforcement officials in several municipalities including DA Chuck Rosenthal of Houston stated that they would continue to prosecute individuals found transporting firearms in their vehicles despite this presumption, leading to the more forceful statement of non-applicability in the 2007 H.B. 1815.

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Originally posted by nighthawk1954
The general feeling amongst several gun manufacturers in the Empire State is that, if lawmakers are going to disarm law abiding citizens then they are going to limit the ability of law enforcement and government officials to obtain their products as well.
The most compelling statement in my view comes from York Arms, which simply ends with a statement to government customers – “Your orders have been cancelled”.

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Originally posted by Sly1one
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They still have a way to go before their-laws can be implemented and hopefully its stopped short...otherwise I might just have to make that move to somewhere "my kind" is welcome...

Oddly though most people I talk to throughout this state don't agree with gun-control...so I don't know where the "support" for this crap is coming from within Colorado...Denver/Boulder area most likely...

Think I found out why the "opposition wasn't heard"
www.youtube.com...

apparently the opposition to gun control is being relocated out of hearing range.

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