O glückliches Kuhtreiber-Land!

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Excerpt from an NRA Alert:

TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSES NINE PRO-GUN BILLS

IN THE 79TH REGULAR SESSION

Thanks to your phone calls and e-mails, the Texas Legislature adjourned

sine die on May 30, after having passed an unprecedented number of

pro-gun bills to protect hunting, benefit our troops in Iraq and

Afghanistan, further reform the state`s Right-to-Carry law, and--at the

same time--expand your right to self-defense without a license:

* SB 734 by Sen. Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands) and Rep. Anna Mowery

(R-Fort Worth) protects hunting opportunities on private lands annexed

by municipalities (already signed by Governor Rick Perry ®);

* HB 225 by Rep. Joe Driver (R-Garland) and Sen. Bob Deuell

(R-Greenville) extends term of renewed concealed handgun licenses (CHLs)

from four to five years;

* HB 322 by Rep. Suzanna Hupp (R-Lampasas) and Sen. Craig Estes

(R-Wichita Falls) reduces fees and lowers the minimum age requirement

for a CHL from 21 to 18 for active military personnel;

* HB 685 by Rep. Patrick Rose (D-Dripping Springs) and Sen. Leticia Van

de Putte (D-San Antonio) eliminates the range instruction portion of CHL

course for military personnel with handgun training (already signed by

Governor Rick Perry );

* HB 823 by Rep. Terry Keel (R-Austin) and Sen. Juan Hinojosa

(D-McAllen) legalizes the carrying of concealed handguns in private

vehicles without a CHL;

* HB 1038 by Rep. Carl Isett (R-Lubbock) and Sen. Kim Brimer (R-Fort

Worth) reduces CHL renewal fees for senior citizens;

* HB 1066 by Rep. Glenn Hegar (R-Katy) allows residents of all other

states to apply for Texas CHLs and streamlines requirements for other

states to qualify for CHL reciprocity with Texas (passed as an amendment

to HB 225 by Rep. Joe Driver and Sen. Bob Deuell);

* HB 1483 by Rep. Stephen Frost (D-Atlanta) and Sen. Kevin Eltife

(R-Tyler) expands possible methods of payment for CHL application fees,

and

* HB 1831 by Rep. Robert Talton (R-Houston) and Sen. Juan Hinojosa

(D-McAllen) exempts certain deferred adjudications from definition of

"convicted" for CHL eligibility.

Special thanks go to House Speaker Tom Craddick ® and Lt. Governor

David Dewhurst ® for their leadership on these issues which are so

important to Texans` Second Amendment rights!

Governor Rick Perry ® has until June 19 to sign the measures that he

has not yet already signed.

Additionally, all anti-gun measures were defeated this session!

To view copies of these bills, please go to www.house.state.tx.us.

Please take a moment to thank the sponsors of these bills for their hard

work. E-mail addresses for them are as follows: For House Members:

firstname.lastname@house.state.tx.us. For Senators:

firstname.lastname@senate.state.tx.us./quote]

:mrgreen:

GRUß

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* HB 322 by Rep. Suzanna Hupp (R-Lampasas) and Sen. Craig Estes

(R-Wichita Falls) reduces fees and lowers the minimum age requirement

for a CHL from 21 to 18 for active military personnel

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