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Can anyone answer this question? In the last 20 or so years, how many pro 2A bills have been shepherded through the Texas Legislature by the TSRA and NRA (and Mr. Cotton)? I think over time we tend to forget the huge contribution they all have made to get us where we are today. Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone had a number to see how far we've come.

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eureka40 wrote:Can anyone answer this question? In the last 20 or so years, how many pro 2A bills have been shepherded through the Texas Legislature by the TSRA and NRA (and Mr. Cotton)? I think over time we tend to forget the huge contribution they all have made to get us where we are today. Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone had a number to see how far we've come.

Thanks in advance.
I need to go back over my records and put this information together.

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Wouldn't it be 100%?
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Charles L. Cotton wrote:
eureka40 wrote:Can anyone answer this question? In the last 20 or so years, how many pro 2A bills have been shepherded through the Texas Legislature by the TSRA and NRA (and Mr. Cotton)? I think over time we tend to forget the huge contribution they all have made to get us where we are today. Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone had a number to see how far we've come.

Thanks in advance.
I need to go back over my records and put this information together.

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Thanks so much Charles. I think we would all be amazed if we saw a history of all the pro 2A bills that became law. Let us not forget the all the hard work you, Alice and all the others have accomplished for Texas. I've tried to look it up before, but I couldn't find a concise/organized listing anywhere.

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I don't know what the % will be but I personally think the TSRA & the NRA have done an outstanding job protecting our Second Amendment. I also thank Charles for serving in the NRA.
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SkipB wrote:I don't know what the % will be but I personally think the TSRA & the NRA have done an outstanding job protecting our Second Amendment. I also thank Charles for serving in the NRA.
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I'll try to go back over everything in the next few weeks and pull this information together. Alice and I have talked about this and I think she's already done some work, but this is more difficult than one would think. Had I had a clue that it might be important to have this information in the future, I would have kept a running log. A good bit of information exists in the Bill Status Reports, but those only go back to 2005 and even they are not 100% complete.

All of us tend to focus on the major things like concealed carry, creation of 30.06, modification 30.06 to cut out governments; Motorist Protection Act, Emergency Powers limitations, state preemption, employer parking lots, elimination of CHL renewal classes, etc. There are so many more bills we've passed that don't have the front page quality as do those I've listed, but that have a great impact on the lives of thousands of Texans. For example, we passed a bill to protect the gun rights of foster parents that impacted relatively few people in the grand scheme of things, but it was a huge victory for foster parents who were again able to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

Thanks for all of the kind words folks.
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I'm not looking for a %, I don't care about that. I'm looking for a total number of pro 2A bills that became law. And possiblly some details about each one.

Example: SB 910: Open Carry, 2015
SB 378: Castle Doctrine, 2007
HB 1815: Motorist Protection Act, 2009

etc, etc..........Going back maybe 20 or 25 years.
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Charles L. Cotton wrote:I'll try to go back over everything in the next few weeks and pull this information together. Alice and I have talked about this and I think she's already done some work, but this is more difficult than one would think. Had I had a clue that it might be important to have this information in the future, I would have kept a running log. A good bit of information exists in the Bill Status Reports, but those only go back to 2005 and even they are not 100% complete.

All of us tend to focus on the major things like concealed carry, creation of 30.06, modification 30.06 to cut out governments; Motorist Protection Act, Emergency Powers limitations, state preemption, employer parking lots, elimination of CHL renewal classes, etc. There are so many more bills we've passed that don't have the front page quality as do those I've listed, but that have a great impact on the lives of thousands of Texans. For example, we passed a bill to protect the gun rights of foster parents that impacted relatively few people in the grand scheme of things, but it was a huge victory for foster parents who were again able to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

Thanks for all of the kind words folks.
Chas.
Super Duper Charles. I think it would be great to be able to show a record of all the accomplishments.

Thanks Again!!!
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