Texas has long been a bellwether for gun rights in the U.S. When momentum against the freedom to keep and bear arms increases, just look to the Lone Star State and know that the adults are still in charge.
Not so much anymore.
Anti-Second Amendment forces emerged from sweeping midterm victories with control of the Texas Governor’s Mansion and House of Representatives. Now, flush with excitement over the looming transfer of power, gun rights opponents raced out of the gate with their agenda.
Lawmakers scrambling to enact new gun control after midterms
Monday was the first day to pre-file legislative proposals in Texas ahead of the next session’s opening bell on January 12. Everything the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other advocacy groups warned about is already on the table.
Topping the wishlist is SB 80, a broad prohibition of semi-automatic firearms including the ultra-popular AR-15 and similar models. Such obvious constitutional oppression is expected in California or Illinois, but it’s a sorry state of affairs when Texas gun owners face this silliness.
And the chopping block is only getting warmed up.
Private gun sales between two law-abiding citizens would be a thing of the past through universal background checks. New restrictions are already proposed on young adults exercising their rights as part of “the people” as declared by the Second Amendment.
Preemption laws protecting Texas residents from local overreaches would be repealed
Anti-2A forces want to repeal Texas’ law passed just last year protecting citizens from “red flag” actions without due process. They want the state to track purchasers of multiple firearms and magazines, to allow local governments to enact their own brands of gun control, and to tell gun owners how they must store their weapons.
Elections have consequences and the voters were warned. But losing a round of political races does not mean Second Amendment supporters will throw in the towel–far from it.
It just means there are lengthy and heated battles ahead to protect America’s sporting traditions, a fight worth fighting.
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