John Cornyn and The Fringe
Texas Senator John Cornyn used to be a relatively quiet and unresponsive piece of senatorial furniture. But since Ted Cruz got elected, Ole John found his voice. Ole John has started fretting about getting primaried.
For those of you who don’t know John, he’s a drugstore cowboy who wore embroidered on his shirt and never pulled a trigger in his life. I once claimed that he singlehandedly put fringe on the endangered species list. (For you other rhinestone cowboys, if it’s cold enough to wear a leather jacket in Texas, you ought not to be wearing a straw hat. Any damn fool knows that.)
John’s latest attempt to piss off yankees is his concealed-carry-reciprocity bill. That means if someone in a gun-nut state has a concealed carry permit, they can conceal carry in a state that doesn’t.
A top priority for the National Rifle Association, the measure would force states like New York with relatively strict gun laws to allow individuals who have concealed-carry privileges in their home state to pack heat.
In other words, they believe that one state’s laws should be carried to all states, you know, like federal law. But just for guns. Not for marriage equality or women’s health.
Honey, that reasoning is the other kind of fringe.
Thanks to Larry for the heads up.
I just can not see what constituency this bill benefits.
1This kind of stuff just thrills people who love showboating and showboaters like Cornyn. As if the Senate did not have other real genuine legitimate work to do! Damn, I know parrots with more brains!
2It benefits people who want to apply it to things like concealed-carry, but they’d scream their heads off if anyone tried to apply it to gun restrictions, or same-sex marriage, or anything else they don’t like.
It says that any state can make a law that then applies to the whole country. They might want to think about states like Massachusetts, California, Vermont, and Maryland before they go whole hog on this.
3He probably is trying to out-stupid Kansas. A bill being considered here would let people concealed carry without any sort of permit or safety training, since we can already open carry without any such onerous restrictions.
4If such a law is good enough for gunhumpers, it should also be good enough for stoners. If you are holding marijuana, medical or otherwise, legally purchased in your home state, you should be able to take it with you anywhere in the country.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the stoner.
5We have loons here in Missouri. Our state government is filled with showboaters and rhetorical bombers.
6In other words, Texas law trumps federal law. Uh, sorry but there may be 49 other states which disagree.
7Y’all help put this puzzle together. So far I’ve noticed that Wisconsin, Kansas and Texas are trying to totally reshape their state gummints to run all the cities, nemmine that they kind of aren’t hearing themselves go on about that nosy mean Fedrul gummint. It gives me the willies.
8aNd re: Cornyn, thanks, JJ for explaining about straw hats and leather jackets. They’re real purty and I guess he just wants to be ready for whatever weather blows in.
9Marge Wood got it right.
10Ks legislators say that cities should not be able to prevent folks from packing heat anyplace … City Hall, Community Center, Library, schools……
The Lege knows best.
Midnight Cowboy Barbie Cornyn is carrying water for the NRA. How much water does leather soak up before it shrinks and strangles him?
11Does the reciprocity extend to gay marriage?
12What do you mean don’t wear a straw hat with a fringe jacket? What’s next, you can only have one color bandana in your pocket? Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
13Henry, if you’re wearing a leather coat in Texas, it’s winter. You do not wear a straw hat in the winter. That would be like wearing a parka and flip flop sandals. It don’t make no sense at all.
14Does Texas allow people to freely carry guns into buildings where politicians work? How about courthouses?
If not, then let’s first change the laws in Texas so that anyone who has a concealed carry permit can pack heat into any legislative area in the state. See how they like it.
15Y’all are a witty bunch, and a great antidote for a cold MN winter.
epo, you make me laugh no matter where you comment.
16So does he have spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle? What a poser he is. His B.S would over flow a 10 gallon hat.
17@LynnN
18Places in Texas wherein a licensee may not carry a concealed handgun are marked by “30.06” signs, which say roughly “Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by holder of license to carry a concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (concealed handgun law), may not enter this property with a concealed handgun.”
I’ve seen Big Yawn in shorts. Short pants. There is nothing he could do that would be worse than him in bermudas. Unless maybe they had fringe.
Big Yawn wants so badly to be Mitch’s best friend. Nearly every photo shows him crowded up so closely to McConnell that, when Mitch farts, Big Yawn will be the first to smell it.
Sorry.
19@Timbo
20Nuthugger Speedos. With a fringe.
Oh good grief, if my horse saw me dressed like that and heading his way he would be rolling on the ground laughing. Probably chew up the straw hat too.
21Sounds like a fine idea as long as, on the other end, every state has to license in the same manner as the most restrictive state. Same concept, right?
22Wow! Scary to think some of your “Concealed Carry Texans” could come to Connecticut under this law…
But it is good to know that Connecticut’s “Castle Doctrine” just trumped the Texas “Stand Your Ground” laws…
Good Luck with them apples… LOL
23Actually, I think this is something like attempted treason. Not treason, really, but close kin. States can’t make Federal laws. Or I’m coming down to Texas with my Wa state weed and smoking it in your statehouse.
24(not really, don’t smoke and will never go to Texas. Except Austin. Y’all don’t count as Texas).
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LynnM, folks can bypass security at the entrance to the Legislature if the guards know they are allowed to carry guns into the Legislature. That gives me the willies too. But boy do they make me dump out my purse, stuff in pockets, show them anything metal etc. I do look purty dangerous.
25I thought that Repubs supported states rights and the 10 amendment. Guess not.
26No. I live in NYC, where very few people, other than cops and hardcore criminals, have guns. Most NY guns are upstate. I don’t want anyone from TX who has a concealed carry permit able to use it in my city. The gun would probably be stolen (by one of the aforementioned hardcore criminals), and not reported to the cops. Eff off, Cornyn. You don’t even know how to dress yourself.
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