What do I want to see passed?
It's a small thing that only affects a few of us, but it's something I want to see.
Currently, Presiding Judges (PJs) can carry at the election, but only because the AG's interpretation of the law states that we can. Alternate Judges (AJs) cannot, nor can anyone else (poll watchers, etc.)
In my precinct, even though my election site is within an elementary school, I carry all day long, because as PJ, I'm allowed to do so.
If a precinct is majority republican, then the PJ is republican, and the AJ is democrat (as are the majority of the poll watchers, because they want to watch a republican-run site. Of course, if the precinct is majority democrat, then it's all the opposite, leaving the republican AJ and poll watchers unarmed (and probably the PJ as well, because democrats hate guns almost as much as they hate us)
So...here's what I'd like to see: Instead of PJs carrying because of an interpretation of the law, codify it. Make it crystal clear so that nobody misunderstands. While we're at it, make it such that AJs (and perhaps poll watchers) can carry as well, because republicans doing those jobs are doing so in rather hostile areas - some of them are just hostile to republicans, but others are actually dangerous neighborhoods.
Other things I'd like to see:
If we do get constitutional carry, i assume that 3006 and 3007 will be expanded to cover all carry, rather than just licensed carry. Rather than an expansion of these laws, I'd rather it be a 'lift and shift'. Let them cover constitutional carry only, but make Texas like so many other states where signage has no impact on license holders.
Eliminate as many statutorily-prohibited locations as possible: my character does not change from 'good guy' to 'bad guy' just because I walk into my daughter's school to watch her in a play, nor does it change if I enter Sam Houston Racetrack, etc.
For the very few remaining places where I cannot carry (e.g. inside a courtroom), make it mandatory for them to provide a safe storage for my handgun so I don't have to leave it in my car.
And finally, I'd like to see a law that requires every ammo seller to keep a few boxes aside for me at pre-panicdemic prices, just in case I walk in and want some
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