The Upcoming Elections

Here in Texas, we have a lot at stake in these upcoming elections. The races for the Texas House and Senate are being hotly contested and our candidates really do need our help.

What's at stake? For the big picture, just read the Texas Democrat Platform, they pretty much lay it out for you. More spending, more entitlements, more taxes and less opportunity to succeed.

The main focus of this blog is gun rights, and gun rights are going to be front and center during the next legislative session. There will be at least three initiatives expanding gun rights introduced. First will be a employer parking lot bill that would affirm the right of a law abiding gun owner to have his or her firearm in their personal vehicle while at work. Second will be a bill authorizing CHL holders to carry a concealed handgun on all state funded college campuses. And third will be an open carry bill. The anti's will be introducing legislation of their own. At a minimum we will see a "one gun a month" bill and a "closing the gun show loop hole" bill introduced.

Which bills go forward and become law, and which ones end up languishing in committee depends entirely upon the makeup of the legislator. If Republicans loose much ground in the Texas legislator, we will not see progress in gun rights legislation. It is pretty much as simple as that.

So plan on voting, and bring a friend or two to the polls. Vigorously support your local candidate for the Texas State House or Senate. Donate some of your hard earned money to your candidate and offer them some help. I understand that there is a lot of out of state money supporting the opposition, we need to do what we can to counter that out of state influence and elect strong conservative candidates.

Over the next couple of weeks I will be highlighting a few of the races that are close and really need our support.