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castle doctrine law?
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:58 pm
by sjones
I emailed both senators hutchinson and cornyn about a month ago asking them to vote for it and got a letter back today from hutchinson thanking me for my interest in the flood control law,huh?
what was this about?I guess they don't know what is going on.oh well.sj
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:07 pm
by seamusTX
Is there a federal "castle doctrine" bill?
- Jim
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:07 pm
by Shu
Now that is funny but sad...
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:14 pm
by Shu
Seamus Im not shure on that
I think if im not mistaking its HB103 but I dont know if thats federal I belive so
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:17 pm
by seamusTX
HB103 is the Texas "castle doctrine" bill.
- Jim
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:27 pm
by Skipper5
Although haven't been following it as closely as I should....believe that is TX Legislature..not US Congress
castles
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:42 pm
by Rex B
Yep, write your Texas state legislators about that.
Check the politics forum for details.
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:49 pm
by sjones
Rex,that is what I tried to do,you can see what I got back.I don't know if its federal,but I know its up before the texas legislature.sj
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:23 pm
by srothstein
sjones wrote:Rex,that is what I tried to do,you can see what I got back.I don't know if its federal,but I know its up before the texas legislature.sj
If it is up before the Texas legislature (which it is), then it is a Texas law and not a federal one. The problem is that the two senators you wrote to are in the federal senate. They would also have a bill named HB103, but it refers to the federal House of Representatives and may be a flood control bill (I have not looked), thus explaining their response to you.
If you want to support the castle doctrine bill, which I strongly recommend, you need to find out who your state senator and state representative are, and write to them.
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:04 pm
by seamusTX
Bills in the U.S. House of Representatives are styled "H.R." Texas bills are "H.B."
There wasn't an H.R. 103 in the last Congress. U.S. House bills seems to start in the four-digit range. I don't know the rule for that.
Senate bills start with S, and that's what a U.S. senator would be voting on.
There was an S. 103. It dealt with methamphetamine.
- Jim
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:26 am
by sjones
I thought those two were our represenitives,if I was wrong please set me straight.I live just south of dallas in waxahachie.I do want to support it.thanks. sj
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:42 am
by seamusTX
You can go to
http://www.house.state.tx.us/resources/faq.htm#who_repand enter your address to find your Texas representative. That's the person to write to about HB 103. Thanks for your effort.
- Jim
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:44 am
by RPBrown
They are our federal senators. Not sure of who your state rep. is but you can go to state of Texas web site and follow it to find out. I will see if I can locate the site you need.
The site is-
www.house.state.tx.us/resources/faq.htm#who_rep
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:56 am
by Skipper5
Thanks for the link Jim for anyone wanting to write their TX St. Representative and TX State Senator! Piece of cake to get your voice to the right person!!
//John