Texas Legislature Early Filing Update: 11-11-2020
Did you know the 87th Texas Legislative session filing period opened on Monday, November 9? Your Texas State Representatives filed a record number of bills on the first day of pre-filing. State Representatives have already filed over 500 bills, and State Senators have filed over 150 bills. Dozens of these bills relate to your gun […]
Bloomberg Lost Texas, Now it’s Time for the Legislature to Restore our Gun Rights
Originally published in the Houston Courant. Although national election results were unclear Tuesday night, Texas’ election results gave an unmistakable message: Michael Bloomberg lost big in the Lone Star State. The Texas Legislature should hear this message as a mandate to protect and restore our gun freedoms in the upcoming legislative session. Bloomberg may have […]
Action Alert: Submit Written Comments or Register to Give Testimony to GETAC
An ongoing issue in Texas has been the way that gun control organizations try to use the term “gun safety” to advance their anti-gun policies. The latest push has been through the Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC). Last month, Texas Director Rachel Malone addressed GETAC regarding their attempts to get doctors to talk […]
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 […]
GOA Member Testimony Highlights: We’re safest when we are free to keep our guns
Thank you to the GOA members and activists who took the time recently to submit a statement to the Texas House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety. This committee has been discussing measures to “keep us safe” for over a year, but we are very concerned that dangerous gun control policies are […]
Vote Like Your Gun Rights Depend on It.
Have you voted yet? We KNOW everyone is asking, but gun rights in Texas depend on you heading to the polls. Early voting ends on October 30 and Election Day is November 3! With our gun rights at stake, it’s critical that you cast your vote for Gun Owner’s Choice Candidates. Before you head to the polls be […]
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 […]