Just Got Back From Austin

I took today off and drove down to Austin to attend the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee's public hearing on HB 284 (Texas's version of the Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground law). I am going to take some time to wind down from the day and the drive and will most likely wait until tomorrow to post on the hearing. I will say that the committee voted 5 - 3 to send the bill to the full house with a recommendation that it be passed. Portions of the bill were amended prior to the meeting, and I will go into more detail on those in my next post.