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re: permitless carry of handguns "We're going to bring it to the floor next week," "optimistic" that they'll have votes by then #HB1927 #txlege

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says he's up to "12 votes, maybe 13," for permitless carry in the Senate. When the House bill came over, he says, he had roughly six Republican senators for it, six against it and six unsure. "I'm still a few short ... but I'm going to bring it to the floor." #txlege

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: "It's rare that I do this. Usually if you don't have the votes for a bill, you don't bring up a bill that's going to lose, but this is an important issue. ... And I'm optimistic and working to be sure we get those votes to pass it out." #HB1927 #txlege

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quote that shouldn't escape attention from earlier in the interview: “To pass a bill, we need all 18 Republicans to support it, unless I pull a rabbit out of the hat — and I may have a rabbit out of the hat if I don’t have 18." #HB1927 #txlege

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I’ll be in Austin tomorrow for just this reason.

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Can I get my license to carry fees back if it passes?

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Lukewarm on this. Two of the people in my LTC testing couldn't hit the paper at 7 yards. They failed. Without training they would be a danger to themselves and others.

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I hope Patrick is met in Austin by 100 uniformed police speaking against this bill.

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