Multiple Anti-Gun Bills Filed in Texas for 2017

By Ammoland

Texas – -(Ammoland.com)- Today the 85th regular session of the 2017 Texas Legislature gavels into session. It begins the slow, plodding process of reviewing and creating Texas law.

While Texas is blessed with a strong Republican majority in its Legislature, all Texas gun owners remain at risk.

The pre-filing of legislation began in mid-November. Since that time, dozens of pro-Second Amendment bills have been filed and have been assigned bill numbers.

Pro Gun Bills, including but not limited to:

• Senate Bill 16 by Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) & Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) eliminates original and renewal application fees for a License To Carry. The $140 fee for an original license is $140 and one of the highest in the country and has not changed since 1995, despite advances in technology and passage of laws streamlining the license application and issuing process.
• Senate Bill 16 by Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) & Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) eliminates original and renewal application fees for a License To Carry. The $140 fee for …Read the Rest

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