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Attention Texas NRA Members: House Committee Approves NRA-Backed “Campus Personal Protection Act”

On Wednesday afternoon, the House Committee on Public Safety reported out a committee substitute for House Bill 1893, NRA-backed legislation sponsored by State Representative Joe Driver (R-113) that would enable Concealed Handgun Licensees to protect themselves on college and university campuses.  The bill passed by a 5-3 vote.   Voting FOR the bill were State Representatives Driver, Tommy Merritt (R-7), Stephen Frost (D-1), Phil King (R-61) and Tryon Lewis (R-81).  Please call and email our supporters on the Public Safety Committee and thank them for voting for HB 1893!  Those committee members and their contact information are noted on the slate of State Representatives here.

A majority of the committee members agreed that adult students, faculty and staff who are 21 or older, who have passed extensive background checks, have completed firearms training courses and have been issued licenses by the Department of Public Safety, should be able to protect themselves in campus settings just like they are legally able to do almost anywhere else in Texas.  They also felt that the right to personal protection should not be denied to a licensee just because he or she studies, works or lives on a college or university campus.