Special Reports & Tweets - 20130514_SpecialReport_Alex
Aired: 2013-05-14
Duration: 03:56


=== Texas Gun Rights Advocacy (02:21) ===

[00:00:00]  My name is Michelle Prescott, and I'm the founder of Texan Gun Rights.
[00:00:03]  And I'm Tammy Koontz, and I am the co-founder of Texan Gun Rights.
[00:00:07]  This event here today, this is about getting our legislators to do what they need to do.
[00:00:12]  They need to get these bills out of the committee, onto the House floor, so that we can have a vote.
[00:00:18]  HB 700, which is the open carry bill.
[00:00:20]  We have Senate Bill 182, which is the campus carry bill, and also HB 3218, which is really a biggie because that one, in a sense, would null and void all gun-free zones across the state of Texas.
[00:00:35]  My name is Drew Sprayer from Munster, Texas, House District 68.
[00:00:40]  I authored House Bill 3218, which deals with CHLs anywhere.
[00:00:44]  Meaning, if you have your CHL, you should be able to carry concealed anywhere in the state of Texas.
[00:00:50]  We see the new technology, the 3D printable gun technology.
[00:00:50]  Yes.
[00:00:52]  Are you familiar with that?
[00:00:54]  Yes.
[00:00:54]  OK, now do you think that's covered under the Second Amendment?
[00:00:57]  I think so.
[00:00:58]  I mean, again, it's an infringement issue.
[00:01:02]  And he's free to do anything else he wants with that technology.
[00:01:05]  When it comes to the 3D printable firearm, technology needs to keep up with what's happening and the police, they need to keep up with what's going on.
[00:01:15]  And they can't keep up, and that's on them.
[00:01:17]  What are they going to do?
[00:01:18]  It was downloaded like 100,000 times, and it's on 23,000 different websites.
[00:01:24]  I mean, there's no way of stopping it now.
[00:01:26]  The printable is so new right now that we don't really know what's going on.
[00:01:30]  But my understanding is that that is actually going to be more expensive to actually do that at home than to go buy it again at a gun store.
[00:01:38]  Well, were you aware that Austin City Council Member Mike Martinez said in a recent speech that he wants to make the gun ban legitimate?
[00:01:44]  First of all, to the gentleman that's dying for attention, someone needs to inform him that there is no gun ban currently.
[00:01:51]  But, because of the work that we're doing here today, We will make your side legitimate shortly.
[00:01:58]  I saw the YouTube of that and it made me want to get in my car and drive down here and just try and talk some sense into him.

=== Loaded Rifles Strapped On Backs (01:49) ===

[00:02:08]  But at that point when a person is that far gone, there really is no talking any sense to them.
[00:02:13]  He can't do that.
[00:02:14]  That was settled in 1795.
[00:02:18]  We've already fought for that gun right.
[00:02:20]  I think it's silly.
[00:02:21]  I think everywhere you look from the FBI statistics to Just comparing places that have gun bans shows that they don't work.
[00:02:30]  Councilman Martinez needs to focus his attention on relieving traffic off of I-35 and keep his hands off of our Second Amendment rights.
[00:02:37]  We want to vote now!
[00:02:39]  We want to vote now!
[00:02:40]  We want to vote!
[00:02:42]  We want to vote!
[00:02:44]  We want to vote now!
[00:02:46]  We want to vote now!
[00:02:48]  Now did you know that on July 4th in Washington, D.C.
[00:02:50]  they're going to have an armed march with people carrying loaded, I stress loaded rifles strapped to their backs?
[00:02:55]  Yes, I do.
[00:02:56]  How do you feel about that and would you participate in something like that if you could?
[00:02:59]  I'm not going to say whether I'd participate about it.
[00:03:01]  I've been thinking it over in my head, but I do support it.
[00:03:04]  It takes a certain type of people to make that type of message.
[00:03:07]  I think Adam Kokesh and all his supporters are the right type of people.
[00:03:11]  I'm interested in going to Washington, D.C.
[00:03:13]  I don't know about the ammo.
[00:03:14]  The Constitution says we can carry weapons.
[00:03:16]  It doesn't say loaded or unloaded.
[00:03:18]  But I prefer not to go loaded.
[00:03:21]  I feel we should be able to carry him anywhere at any time.
[00:03:24]  However, this particular situation you're talking about, if I could participate, I would.
[00:03:29]  I'm currently not able to, but I support everyone doing it.
[00:03:34]  I'm in the same boat.
[00:03:34]  I mean, as far as I feel about it, loaded, unloaded, what difference does it really make?
[00:03:39]  You know, in the same boat as him, if I could go, I would.
[00:03:42]  If you're going to carry it, they should be loaded.
[00:03:44]  They have a purpose.
[00:03:44]  They deserve that purpose, although safely.
[00:03:48]  However, I am very interested and I will be watching the Washington event very closely.
[00:03:54]  Some things need to change, and it's time to change.