Texas House Representative Dwayne Bohac represents the Houston district of 138 which I currently have the pleasure of living in. Bohac was born on September 04, 1966 in the Northwest area of Houston, Texas. He has been a resident of the district he has been elected to represent for most of his life and is also member of the Republican Party. He attended Scarborough High School and later furthered his education at Texas A&M University. Bohac decided to pursue two majors earning bachelor degrees in Political Science and Marketing. He was an active member of the local community as he founded “Save Our Neighborhoods/ Northwest Coalition”, was a member of the Spring Branch Revitalization Association, and also served on the White Oaks Bayou …show more content…
It is important to provide citizens with the rightful tools, such as this bill, to be able to protect themselves and loved ones. With the fear of handguns falling into the wrong hands, there are multiple steps such as background checks and evaluations all before being able to legally purchase a handgun in Texas. With this new House Bill being passed, Texas now joins 34 other states who support the right to openly carry concealed handguns.
The Texas House of Representatives affirms of another policy Bohac strongly supports is “giving municipalities greater authority to enforce apartment standards” (Tex. House Rep.). Enforcing apartment standards is important because it ensures the greater safety of those living in the apartment complexes, of those living in surrounding areas, and of those who patrol the areas. Bohac felt the greater need to push the legislation towards superior apartment standards after the death of Houston police officer Timothy Abernathy of December 2016 who was involved in a shooting. As Bohac elaborates, “…deteriorating apartments often become havens for criminal activity” (Bohac). The apartment complex where police officer Timothy Abernathy was killed was under run-down conditions which it would not have been if regular inspections were conducted to improve its conditions. Under the new House Bill 1819, whom Bohac closely worked with the City of Houston to craft, apartment complexes
We are proud to introduce the next governor of the great State of Texas, Ms. Jane “Bitzi” Johnson Miller. She is a staunch Conservative Republican whose proud Texan traditions are deep rooted here in the Lone Star State. A native Texan who grew up in West Texas, she comes from a great line of proud Texans including former Governor Joe “Big Daddy” Johnson. Ms. Miller attended Harvard and earned a Master’s in Business Administration. In this difficult and uncertain time of economic recession, she has
Texas is a state with laid back gun laws, even recently approving open carry for handguns. Gun laws in Texas are getting less and less strict, the approval of open carry just shows how Texans care about gun rights, and how important it is to the society (Daniel Costa-Roberts).Getting a gun is generally easy to do in the United States. If someone wanted to shoot people, they could easily go to states like these and get a gun, and go wherever they want with it.
As a fifth generation Texan, Governor Rick Perry has taken an extraordinary Texas journey, from a tenant farm in the rolling West Texas plains to the governor’s office of our nation’s second largest state.Texas’ 47th governor, and the first Texas A&M graduate to occupy the Governor’s Mansion, Rick Perry has led a life of public service, starting in the United States Air Force and continuing over two decades in elected office.Governor Perry’s administration has focused on creating a Texas of unlimited
For Texas, the representative is Jimmie Don Aycock. Representative Aycock if from Killen, Texas, which happens to be the neighboring city to Harker Heights. Aycock, a former veterinarian and rancher who also served as a captain in the army, has been the representative for Texas’ House District 54 since his election in 2007. He has won every election since then and continues to serve as representative. In his time as a representative, Aycock has been very active in the communities of Killen and Harker Heights as a “director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Killen Quality of Life Committee,” and even a deacon at his local church (TexasTribune). Currently, Aycock is a member of the Defense & Veterans’ Affairs Committee and is serving as the chair for the Public Education Committee. Some of the other committees he has been involved with include Agriculture and Livestock and Higher Education Committees (TexasTribune). One of the notable things about Representative Aycock is his dedication to improving education in the state of Texas. He and other legislative members have collaborated in order to prevent a school voucher program from being passed. Also, in 2015, Aycock designed and wrote his own education bill. However, he did not attempt to pass it due to the heavy opposition in the Senate. Overall, when asked about his political goals, education reform was his first and foremost priority.
Representative John Frullo has been on the Texas political scene since the 1990s. Prior to his service in the Texas Legislature, Frullo was a “successful Lubbock businessman and CPA auditing government entities.” (house.state.tx.us) Representative Frullo has served on many committees during his service in the Texas Legislature, including The Culture, Recreations, and Tourism Committee and The Licensing and Administrative Committee. True to his Republican Party values, Representative Frullo believes in small government, is a supporter of pro-gun rights, and supports many pro-life issues facing the citizens of Texas.
In the first interpretation, the second amendment is solely in place for the protection of gun ownership for military duty and security. If the second amendment is interpreted only in this sense, then Texas would seem to have an intense love affair with the second amendment. With this interpretation in mind Texas’ support for individual guns ownership and lackadaisical gun control laws, is extreme. In Texas “Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to
In an article written in USA Today Republican Gov. Rick Perry “said last month that the effort by the "political left" and news media to exploit the Connecticut massacre to push for gun-control measures ‘disgusts me’”. State Rep. Jason Villalba, a Republican from Dallas, “has proposed putting an armed ‘marshal’ in every public school”. Republican state Rep. Steve Toth, who represents an area north of Houston, has “vowed to make it a felony to enforce federal gun bans within Texas' borders”.(2013) This is the reaction that Texas had to the massacre unlike the rest of America which was to do away with guns altogether. Around East Texas when talk started about Obama wanting to take away our guns, seceding from the other states was the reaction. Because taking away our right to have a gun is that strong here. I myself find it very difficult to understand why other states do not hold this right as strong but I have always believed that there is something very different about being a Texan. This is one of them. “Remember the
. With a population of roughly 26 million, Texas has a unique blend of languages, cultures, and political ideologies. With such a huge population and varying interests, there are many representatives to help voice the majority concerns and interests within the state. These representatives hold office in varying levels of government such as local, state, and national government positions. My permanent home is in Keller, Texas, and I am represented at all three levels of government. My local government consists of six city council members who all represent the city of Keller. The council consists of members: Debbie Bryan, Gary Reaves, Tom Cawthra, Bill Dodge, Bill Hodnett, and Rick Barnes. Further up in the chain of government is Representative Giovanni Capriglione. Representative Capriglione represents me in the state government level in the 98th district. Finally, in the national level of government, republican Congressman Michael C. Burgess represents me. Congressmen Burgess represents congressional district 26. Michael Burgess addresses several needs of the citizens of the 26th district and has taken certain stances on a variety of issues and topics. Three issues Congressman Burgess considers priorities are energy, federal spending, and health care. Burgess has made headlines regarding the stances he has taken on these issues. Burgess believes that his stances best represent the 26th district of Texas and serve the citizens best. Along with his role of congressman,
Numerous bills have been proposed throughout the history and timeline of Texas. Though many bills have been introduced, only a few from the batch will proceed to the House and Senate committees for further speculation and debate. Bills do not instantly become laws over night. It could take weeks, months or perhaps years for a bill to become a law. There are processes and even sub-processes when reviewing a bill and determining whether or not it shall be passed. Public policymaking includes five important steps, which are agenda setting, policy formulation, policy adoption, policy implementation, and policy evaluation. With that being said, this essay will focus on Senate Bill 11 – the Texas bill that allowed individuals with a license to carry concealed handguns on campus and in campus buildings.
Congressman Bucephelus Roscoe represents Texas’ 21st Congressional District. He is a Republican from Austin where he has lived his entire life. Roscoe has been a Representative for almost fifteen years, and has established himself as a sound politician and representative for his district and state, and has run unopposed the last two elections. He is a member of the House Joint Economic Committee and the House Committee for Science, Space, and Technology. While describing himself as a Texas boy through and through, Roscoe is somewhat of an enigma in Texas politics. He is a conservative on the majority of issues, but he does believe in a greater need for government oversight for the business, technology
People all around have paid notice; Marcus Hiles has had any sort of impact for the city of Houston by building a few private units in a rate of the best regions around the city. A large number of inhabitants can now occupy peace knowing there is an unrivaled decision accessible that offers more regard at a much lower
Many bills has been passed by government like ban on Plastic bags, because it’s very harmful for our society and for environment. So they have shut down the factories and companies and get loss. In 2nd amendment handguns is ban, but the state government has passed the bills of handgun for their own public safety in Texas. People need a license then only the person can carry on the gun with them, if they don’t have a license then it is illegal and get punished in jail for a specific time. But it is still risky to carry on open gun and it is important in Texas, crime ratio is high over here. After that, government have passed the law Some bills and their decision make Texas more complicated to control over and much difficult to cover.
already been in place since last January. This law permits Texans with that license to open-carry
Although it was a national ban, some states refused to participate because the citizens were too upset by it. If there was an increase of gun control, a similar scenario would happen with Texas. Texas is known for it's people to love their guns and by attempting to take them away, the people would fight back. Other than Texas the entire country has a total of around 300 million guns, which equals to 93 out every 100 people owns a gun. Ever since 1996, the amount of guns has increased by the millions in the U.S. To try to regulate all of that and to try to take away the illegal ones would be next to impossible with the amount and gun owners unwilling to give them up. Another country that tried gun control is Mexico. Mexico is notorious for being a violent and dangerous place. That is largely due to the presence of the cartel, they are able to get away with drug trafficking and other criminal acts because the public is not able to defend themselves against the cartel.
Individuals with intentions of committing violent crimes, are less likely to obtain a concealed weapons permit. Most adults who carry concealed handguns are law abiding and do not misuse their firearms. According to a 2000 report by engineering statistician William Sturdevant, in Texas the general public is 5.3 times more likely to be arrested for violent offenses and 14 times more likely to be arrested for non-violent offenses than concealed carry weapons permit holders.