Constitutional Carry Hearing: March 25!
Constitutional Carry has been scheduled for a committee hearing next Thursday, March 25, at the Texas Capitol in Austin! We need your help to tell the Legislature why it is critical for them to protect your gun rights by passing this priority legislation. These Constitutional Carry bills will allow those who can legally possess a handgun to carry it […]
Committee Hearings: Week of 3/15
We need you to help stop gun control and defend your rights! This week’s hearings include several small pro-gun bills that clarify certain issues — and several very dangerous anti-gun bills. A committee hearing is a personal invitation to you to show up and give your opinion to the legislature — and it’s a critical […]
GOA Texas 2021 Priority Legislation
We’re excited that Texas legislators have already filed strong bills to protect your gun rights. But the clock is ticking, and it’s critical that our priority legislation move forward quickly. We need your help! Use this form to tell your State Representative and State Senator to support GOA priority legislation in Texas. Remember to be courteous […]
GOA Texas Bullet: 1-25-2021
Filed Bills Constitutional Carry, HB 1238 by Rep. Kyle Biedermann – repeals the requirement to get a permit to carry a gun, allowing open or concealed carry for anyone who can legally purchase a gun in the same places where LTC holders can currently carry Constitutional Carry by Constitutional Amendment, SJR 24 by Sen. Bob Hall – proposes an amendment to the […]
Five Reasons to Register NOW for Texas G.O.L.D.
Still on the fence about whether you should register for Texas G.O.L.D. — our Gun Owners Lobby Day? Here are five reasons you should sign up today: You’ll have first access to our GOA bill list with both the good bills and the bad bills that have been filed. We’ll give you exclusive access to the […]
Keeping Texas, Texas
In the race between Bloomberg and Texas, Bloomberg lost. Despite Bloomberg pouring millions of dollars into statewide races to flip the Texas House and bankrolling gun control darling Wendy Davis for Congressional District 21, here’s what Texas voters have declared: 1. Chip Roy, the Gun Owner’s Champion, is the people’s choice for CD 21. We’re thrilled that our gun […]
Join us for a DFW Day of Action
I’d like to tell you about two candidates for Texas State Representative in Tarrant County. Tony Tinderholt (HD 94, Arlington) is a decorated combat veteran serving his third term as State Representative. He currently sits on the Homeland Security Committee, which hears most of the gun bills. Last legislative session, despite the committee’s anti-gun chairman, Tinderholt hit back hard from the dais against the gun […]
Last Call for Mass Violence Committee Public Input
Texas who support gun rights need to write a statement and submit it to the Texas House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety. The deadline is October 16. Read the official notice here. Here’s what’s happening . . . Last year, deranged attackers struck El Paso and Odessa and took many precious lives. […]
No inconsistency with blocking Garland but confirming Barrett
Originally published in the Houston Courant. There is nothing inherently inconsistent with the Senate blocking Merrick Garland in 2016 but confirming Amy Coney Barrett in 2020. But let’s make sure we’re using the right reasons in our arguments. The Constitution is clear: the President has sole power to nominate Supreme Court justices, and a President’s […]
On the Constitutional Crisis
Originally published in the Houston Courant. Pundits have debated recently whether or not we are in a “Constitutional crisis.” And with the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last Friday, and only a matter of weeks remaining until the next Presidential election, speculation swirls about the next appointment, court-packing, and Presidential powers. But this certainly […]
Gun Rights are for Everyone
Originally published by the Houston Courant. Would you like to know how you can always spot a gun owner in a crowd? Here’s the secret: you can’t. Gun owners aren’t just “old white guys.” They’re not only the fellows in the ‘Murica t-shirts grilling up a perfect steak. And gun owners certainly aren’t limited to […]
Media Completely Missed the Mark on Kyle Rittenhouse
Originally published in the Houston Courant. I’ve had it with the media demonizing gun owners. Kyle Rittenhouse’s story provides the perfect example of a prejudiced press twisting the facts to put self-defense in the worst possible light, and we shouldn’t tolerate it for a minute. While not all of the facts are fully known, the […]