Opinion
Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Senate Bill 19, an NRA-backed measure sponsored by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), protects the rights of tenants of residential units or commercial spaces to lawfully possess firearms and ammunition in those locations, and to transport them directly en route between their personal vehicles and those residential units or commercial spaces.
Please contact your State Senator and urge him or her to support SB 19!
Landlords and building owners can currently disenfranchise gun owners and effectively deny them the ability to protect themselves through contractual provisions prohibiting the possession or storage of firearms in apartment leases, condominium rules or commercial leases. Additionally, posting notice in common areas under Penal Code Section 30.05, 30.06 or 30.07 that prohibits firearms from being carried between personal vehicles and residential dwelling units or commercial offices forces gun owners to consider leaving their firearms in their cars or trucks, making them susceptible to theft. This method of restricting the carrying of handguns also conflicts with Penal Code Section 46.02, under which a person can lawfully carry a handgun directly en route to a motor vehicle owned or controlled by the person.
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announced that this is one of his 30 priority bills for the 2019 legislative session. We appreciate the Lieutenant Governor’s strong show of support for this important legislation!
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I use to own rental property and it is not the most desirable thing. Tenants quit paying their rent when they park in the street and their car gets broken into, they let their kid play with a lighter and burn the inside of the apartment out, or when a kid drops something in the toilet and breaks the bottom out of it. Of course, you hear from them every time something is not perfect. that is some of the reasons landlords have ridged leases. If you have never been a landlord, don’t bitch until you’ve tried it. It could… Read more »
re bills “somewhere?” in TX house of rep’s:
straus-clone originators/sponsors/supporters of these “hb’s” know where to stick them:
38, 131, 172, 195, 316, 349, 497, 526, 544, 545, 734, 930, 1078, 1085, 1163, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1171, 1173, 1207, 1236, 1445, 1844, 1945, 2046, 2051, 2137, 2146
ENOUGH SAID ABOVE…….DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL…..KILL IT….ITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
like obama & obama-care?
I did, plus voice-mailed Gov. Abbot. Passage depends on whether the straus-clones are still in charge of TX legislature or not.
This is a tyrannical, authoritarian bill. In the interest of liberty, DO NOT support it. Property rights are the most foundational freedom and anyone ought to be at liberty to dictate who and what enters their property. Not only that, but this also follows the dangerous road to mega government we see everywhere else legislative state law is preempting contract law.
It’s no business of the government to what individuals consently agree in private contract. Butt out!