Houston Metro is expected to ease gun ban on buses, trains

[Ilsa]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory/3011181

Metro is expected to ease gun ban on buses, trains

Licensed riders would be allowed to carry concealed handguns on board
By ROMA KHANNA
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

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Metro board members are expected to vote this afternoon to repeal the restriction, which has been in effect since 1995 after the Legislature voted to allow licensed owners to carry concealed handguns in most public places.

State Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who wrote the legislation as a state senator, has been a vocal critic of bans such as those adopted by Metro and many other government entities in Texas in response to the "right-to-carry" law.

He, the Texas State Rifle Association and four licensed Harris County gun owners sued Metro in 2003, seeking to overturn the ban. Now that Metro is dropping its policy, he said, he plans to challenge similar restrictions in other cities, probably starting with Austin's Capital Metro.

"They implemented these when there was collective hysteria from detractors, who said there would be blood in the streets and shootouts at every four-way stop," Patterson said. "None of that proved true."

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Texas has had a concealed weapon permit since 1995. The law allows businesses to ban weapons and local governments and their agencies, like Dept of Public Safety, to restrict their presence from some public facilities, such as schools and courtrooms.

The article went on to say that the ban on concealed weapons was essentially unenforceable(?).

[XNASA]

1. YEEEEEEEEE-HAWWWWWW!!!!!!!

[Bridget Burke]

2. Thanks. I just emailed Metro about this.

They've got a complaint form & I used it. Pointed out that I ride Metro most days & wondered how often the Board members actually rode.


www.ridemetro.org/about/contactingmetro.asp

[KharmaTrain]

3. One More Reason To Vacation and Travel Blue...

Recently, I was invited to a business meeting in Dallas. I refused to go and the meeting was moved to L.A. Last winter we cancelled a trip to Disneyworld and went to Hawaii (I know...bummer).

From all I see and hear, conceal & carry is very popular in Texas, so if this is what people want, so be it. I just wouldn't want to be in an area populated by Quick Draws...thus I plan to stay far, far away from Houston or any place in Texas for a long, long time.

Concealed weapons bans are unenforceable? Guess we've wasted a lot of money on metal detectors then.

[Goddess Nephthis]

4. My .40 Baby is Always With Me.

:)

[TreasonousBastard]

5. So now...

if anyone parks a Jeep on the tracks, maybe they can blow it away before the train hits it.

Or, something like that.

[AlCzervik]

6. Wow, can you still bring them inside churches as well?

I lived in Texas when Dim-son was the gov. Here is what i remember about him, guns in church and him commuting the sentence of crazed killer Henry Lee Lucas.