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Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:38 pm
Forum: 2019 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: Speaker Bonnen's betrayal of Texas gun-owners
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Re: Speaker Bonnen's betrayal of Texas gun-owners

Since apparently I lack the ability to post pictures, including screenshots, on here - I give you a copy past from Bonnens official FB.
"Dennis Bonnen
16 minutes ago
It has come to my attention that a small handful of gun rights fringe groups have called my leadership into question.

Let me set the record straight.

For 22 years I have been an advocate for Texan’s 2nd Amendment Rights. I have not wavered at any point. I have not changed my mind in the last two weeks. To suggest otherwise is asinine.

I have an A Rating with the NRA and plan to keep it.

I have appointed committees in the Texas House which represent diverse views — just as any well functioning democracy should. However, as part of that appointment process, I placed a majority of members on committees of jurisdiction which reflect Texas’s long standing pro-gun stance. The fact that some fringe groups can’t count to 5 for a 9 member committee is really not my problem.

I trust in my colleagues in the Texas House. And I trust in my Committee Chairs to allow reasonable bills which reflect the values of Texans to find their way through the legislative process — not just on gun related legislation, but on ALL the many and varied issues of importance which the two committees in question will hear.

Our democracy and our state deserve better than the type of hateful and uneducated vitriol which some people feel compelled to spread.

But as they say, talk is cheap... So the final test will be what does or doesn’t happen when the gavel falls at the end of the 86th Legislative Session. I’ll bet my critics an AR-15 that their gun rights won’t be infringed. In the meantime I’ll be working with the tried-and-true gun rights organizations to see if we might be able to actually strengthen the rights for those of us who are responsible gun owners.

Thank you. And God Bless Texas!"

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