The Texas Senate has passed the bill, SB 1164. Now it’s up to the House, where passage is far more problematic because of more Democrat influence and a weak Speaker.
The Lege is due to work all weekend, in its usual biennial rush to do everything at the last minute, so we’ll just have to wait and see. Meanwhile, the usual suspects are frothing, but notice that the commenters there aren’t having any of the predictable anti-gun flapdoodle. I’m still in favor of the idea. I just doubt the Lege is capable of this much commonsense.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 