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Texas Law Enforcement *overwhelmingly opposed* the Unlicensed Handgun Carry bill (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2022
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flying_wahini
(8,043 posts)1. They should have been saying this out loud YEARS ago.
Of course, Uvalde drove it home.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. Great for ads/campaign speeches
Easterncedar
(3,653 posts)3. Same thing happened in Maine
Cops consistently and passionately testified against it at the hearings and these law and order, blue lives matter republicans voted the permitless concealed carry into law fast as they could.
czarjak
(12,531 posts)4. But, they're smarter than the sheriffs.