Lawmakers Mull Bills to Keep Federal Gun Laws Out of Texas
State lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday debated proposals that would make it a crime to enforce federal gun laws in Texas.
The proposals have drawn support from gun rights groups, but some law enforcement officers have expressed concerns that they would have to choose between enforcing federal or state law.
House Bill 553, by state Rep. John Otto, R-Dayton, would make it a Class B misdemeanor for a law enforcement official to enforce any federal law limiting gun-related behavior, like ownership of high-capacity magazines and certain assault weapons. HB 1076, by state Rep. Steve Toth, R-The Woodlands, would make ...
Comments (4)
richard jung
Hell the way I see it Obama and his stooge Holder only enforce the laws they want to enforce and forget about the rest of them. Seems to me you don't need to pass more laws, adding to the poor law clerks load, got too many as it is. If you don't like the frderal law just ignore it like it wasn't there.
Samdavis
Do these idiots realize that federal laws supersede state laws? Not a lot of intelligence behind this move.
hans5162@ix.netcom.com hans
....and on the right, representing the Stupid Wing of the Republican Party are John Otto and Steve Toth, offering a clearly unconstitutional bill that will be popular with the stupid, low information voters who elected them.
Dormand Long
Please note Sam Davis's note as to the obvious.
We have some in the Texas Legislature who are relieving themselves upwind in this futile attempt to gain favor with naive and impressionable talk radio enthusiasts.
I think that we could do a lot better than this. News bits of stuff like this repel corporations seeking relocation or expansion sites as they defer to states with more sane elected officials.