CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY
After much anticipation, Texas has been celebrating the House passage of HB 1927 on 4/16/2021. Supported by 8 House Democrats the bill passed with an 87 to 58 vote. Rep. Meyer was the sole House Republican to oppose the bill. The citizens of Texas have been waiting for the last decade to get a piece of legislation to pass. The passage of this bill is one step closer to allowing law-abiding citizens an equal opportunity of defending themselves and others against the illegally armed perpetrators whose intent is to cause harm, mayhem and carnage.
As attempts to derail HB 1927 mount, on Monday 4/19/2021 Lt. Governor Patrick stated, “If we have the votes to pass a permitless carry bill off the Senate floor, I will move it. At this point, we don’t have the votes on the floor to pass it. I plan to meet with law enforcement who oppose permitless carry and with the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America who support it to see if we can find a path that a majority of senators will vote to pass.” The three major law enforcement groups he is referring to are Houston PD, Dallas PD, and Austin PD which are Liberal Police Chiefs. Also circulating are articles utilizing religion and religious leaders as a course of a deterrent. This news is extremely discouraging to the Texas citizens who thought this could be the year. It appears the state platform isn’t much different than the federal platform when it comes to pushing a narrative.
The opposition has severely demonized firearms to point that the very word “gun” sends people into panic attacks. Let’s take a step back and slow things down a bit to look at the root causes of the controversy by observing some facts:
Fact: My guns have never, not once jumped up from the table, storage cabinet, locker, or what have you and shot anyone. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
Fact: The family unit is broken, nobody is talking about it and lawmakers will never fix it by passing gun restrictive legislation. An article published by Real Clear Politics titled “Of 27 deadliest mass shooters, 26 of them were fatherless” explains the damage done to children when raised fatherless. The odds for an individual to die in a mass shooting are about one in 3.3 million, about the same as being struck by lightning.
Fact: Although tragic, the sad fact is that passing away from “Natural Causes” or “Suicide” is not as appealing to the media as a good ol’ “gunned down” story which contributes to the negative hype on gun violence. According to the CDC’s website, the top ten leading causes of death in Texas are, in order, Heart Disease, Cancer, Accidents, Stroke, Chronic Lower Repository Disease, Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, Chronic Liver Disease, Kidney Disease, and Suicide. They go on to state that 6 of every 10 firearm deaths are suicides, while 3 of every 10 are homicides.
Fact: Automobile fatalities vs homicide by guns is a tricky calculation due to the multitude of factors involved. We’ll use “accidental” as an example. In 2013, 99.4% of car deaths were accidental in nature. In sharp contrast, only 1.8% of gun deaths were accidental. In all fairness, intentional gun deaths are higher than intentional vehicle deaths. But there are those cases of road rage, intentional vehicular homicide, and the like. But I’m sure those statistics will become inverted once lawmakers figure out how to disarm the criminals. Criminals are going to break the law, they are going to do whatever it is they have their minds made up to do and no sign, no law, nothing is going to prevent them from attempting to carrying that out. Take away the guns, they’ll use a vehicle, a knife, tire tool, their fists, weapons of opportunity. It’s the mindset, not the instrument used.
HOPE
This year is going to be eventful for all Americans, especially with the uncertainties constantly being forced upon the citizens of the United States by the DC Establishment. Freedom of speech has all but vanished, the right to bear arms is being chiseled away, God is mocked, ridiculed, and eliminated from society. The deplorable southern border crisis continues to wreak havoc on the area residents, the state’s economy, and the state’s resources. Unemployment is constantly rising, coupled with escalating fuel costs and taxes. All compliments from the very ones who have sworn an oath, defending our God Given Rights to “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. No where in the Constitution is God mentioned but he is 4 times in the Declaration of Independence.
We are living in a very different society where lies are truth and truth are lies. Where freedom is shackled and shackles are freedom. Where peace is anarchy and anarchy is peace. Where liberty is bias and bias is liberty. Everything we have known and grown accustomed to has completely flipped.
This year, more than ever is especially a time for Conservatives to make our presence known and our voices heard. This is the year to get involved, build relationships with fellow citizens, with our state and local officials, and local law enforcement. In these perilous times, people need to know there is hope, there are Conservative forces fighting back. They need to know there are people with Conservative principles, beliefs, and values working with local churches, local and state governments to protect them, protect their families, and protect their civil liberties.
Daddy, where did all of the lands go?
In Biden’s EO# 14008 signed in January during his flurry to erase President Trump from the history books, the EO essentially grants the federal government possession of 30% of all land and water. This sign of aggression was immediately met with push back from 17 governors on February 22 warning the Biden Administration against federal overreach. Texas Governor Abbott joined the charge on April 21, well maybe not the charge we would have liked, but he did send a letter as well.
In 2015, GH America Investment Group purchased over 130,000 acres of property in Val Verde County, Del Rio being the county seat. GH America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Xinjiang-based Guanghui Industry Investment Group. Xinjiang is notorious for its so-called “re-education” camps, where China detains Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities against their will and violates their human rights.
In 2015 the President was Obama and Texas Governor was and still is Abbott. Although Gov. Abbott’s 2021 priorities had extremely important measures, this issue failed to make the list. In fact, it hasn’t made any lists in the last 6 years. Nope, not even Lt. Governor Patrick’s. This issue just seems to fly under the radar, it’s not an issue concerning any of the declared candidates for 2022 either. Maybe it’s just me!
It had been many years since I purchased a new home and admittedly out of the loop on the subject. Then in 2015 my wife and I were excited when we finally got in a position to make this investment. We purchased our home in a cute, little subdivision within the city limits of Conroe, it was perfect for us. As we are filling out the multiple contracts, which was thicker than the Old Testament, I noticed that the land which our new, perfect little house sits on belongs to the City of Conroe, of course with all mineral rights. Wow, I thought to myself we really don’t OWN anything.
In closing, when our children ask us where all of the lands went, now we know.
“Most bad government has grown out of too much government.”
Thomas Jefferson
Michael Aikins / Chairman
Texas Conservative Party
Conroe, Tx. 77301
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