Please Contact Your State Representatives!

The Legislature convened for its 81st Regular Session last week, and pro-Second Amendment legislation continues to be filed to benefit law-abiding gun owners in Texas. 

State Representative Carl Isett (R-Lubbock) has introduced House Bill 410, a measure repealing the requirement that Concealed Handgun Licensees display their carry license if they are in possession of a handgun and are stopped by a law enforcement officer who requests identification.  Under current law, failure by CHLs to display their carry licenses in these situations could lead to licenses being suspended for 90 days.  When HB 1815 by Representative Isett and State Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (D-McAllen) passed and was signed into law in 2007, it legalized the carrying of handguns in private motor vehicles by non-CHLs, and it contained no similar "notice" requirement.  HB 410 would remove the double-standard "notice" requirement that remains imposed by law on CHLs. 

Please contact your State Representatives and respectfully urge them to sign on as co-authors to HB 410.  Contact information for House members can be found at http://www.house.state.tx.us.