If anybody wants a better understanding of why we support the licensed, concealed carry of handguns on college campuses (aka #CampusCarry), this thread will give you a pretty good overview of our reasoning. https://t.co/oFtsI96VtK
@mayjustbeyou We're trying to ensure that vetted, licensed adults (age 21 and above in Texas and most states) are allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that they enjoy in movie theaters, shopping malls, churches, restaurants, banks, and even the Texas Capitol...
If you pull a gun on a jogger because you think he matches the description of a suspected burglar, YOU are the criminal, and YOU are responsible for what happens next. Owning a gun doesn't make you Batman, and a license to carry is not a license to kill. #Murder#JusticeForAhmaud
Thank you Roman Camargo! “The family stressed they were not anti-gun but rather safety, knowledge and responsibility for using and being around firearms.” #txlege
Tho #HB316 passed out of committee w/ bipartisan support, it never got a vote on the floor. However, we had bipartisan support to ensure funding in #txlege budget for a safe storage campaign thru @TxDPS. Wide cross section of support.
Why is GOA asking supporters to demand a veto of a Texas budget rider creating a Turn Around Don't Drown-style public information campaign on gun SAFETY?
Do they see it as a threat to gun rights, or are they afraid opponents will claim it as a victory? @DonnaHowardTX@GovAbbott
Gun safety is both the first lesson in any firearms course and an essential element for preserving gun rights (e.g., #CampusCarry). Safe gun-handling/storage practices are crucial to an armed populace and are our strongest defense against strict gun-control laws. @GregAbbott_TX
@DonnaHowardTX Thanks for carrying this legislation and fighting for the budget amendment. Some things (e.g., reducing suicides and accidental shootings) really shouldn't be partisan.
@AstroFanBob1 Bob, we'll give you credit for one thing--you clearly have a lot of time for creating Twitter accounts and "trolling asshat libs." As for our comment about feeling sorry for your kids, that wasn't about effecting change; that was about pointing out that you're a terrible person.
@rox961@TrumpStudents@realDonaldTrump Sure, we never said anything supporting Trump, the GOP, or conservative politics and never intimated the existence of any sort of conspiracy or institutional bias, but if @rox961 wants to believe that everyone who disagrees with her sounds the same, she's entitled to her bigotry.
@PiratekingTX Oh no, we got TWEETED ABOUT by an indignant cop! 😱
Apparently, offering a fact-based defense of our organization and our issue demonstrates a lack of intelligence, but so does deciding that the debate has stopped being productive and blocking the people egging it on. Go figure.
Okay, folks, all of our volunteers have either graduated or left for summer, and the #TXLege has adjourned #SineDie, so we are out of here.
We'll see you in the fall.
Maybe.
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@Shadow12672281@BobChoate54 If you can point to where we've held someone's feet to the fire for a simple wording error (particularly one that was obviously an honest oversight), we'll be happy to apologize.
Congratulations to @DonnaHowardTX on keeping funding for her public information campaign in the final Texas budget approved by the Texas House and Senate.
@GovAbbott, please don't veto this important line item. Gun-safety EDUCATION is Texas's strongest guard against gun CONTROL.
@Shadow12672281@BobChoate54 Before we block your (childishly named) second account, Bob, we'd like to point out that we're here because we're part of a movement to change minds and effect public policy.
You're here because you're bitter and need the catharsis of antagonizing people who disagree with you.
@Shadow12672281 @Cassand03419382 @rox961@BobChoate54 A) It wasn't a GRAMMATICAL error, you uneducated rube.
B) The "ABOUT US" page on our website states that we're not all students.
C) We've got $20 that says that this is Bob's second Twitter account (for when he's done being simply childish and wants to be truly abusive).