DeLay fights to get his gun license back

[kpete]

March 28, 2006, 4:44AM
DeLay fights to get his gun license back
Author of bill that requires the suspension for those indicted wants law tossed

By ERIC HANSON
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

RICHMOND - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, a gun rights supporter under indictment on charges of laundering campaign money, is fighting to regain his Texas concealed handgun license, which was suspended because he is accused of a felony.

Under a Texas law passed in 1995, a license may be suspended if the holder is charged with a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or indicted on felony charges.

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Flaherty would not say if DeLay has been carrying a handgun.

"As for whether or not he carries it. That's the point of having a CHL in Texas, potential criminals should assume everyone is."

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On March 1, Brittain notified Fort Bend County Clerk Dianne Wilson that DeLay planned to appeal the suspension and one week later sent the filing fee of $197 to the county.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/3752306.html

[zbdent]

1. Gee, of course the people who scream about law and order

want the laws ignored for them . . . must be an "old law" . . .

[AndyA]

2. I say we send Dick Cheney down there to take Tom on a hunting outing

and if Tom doesn't come back, well...problem solved.

Ask no questions, he'll tell us no lies.

[MrBenchley]

3. Actually, that IS the point of concealed carry...

The sort of people who want to waddle around with a popgun in their pants are criminals and crazies. As Delay (the NRA's man of the year in 2005) illustrates only too well.

[publius42]

4. I'm not criminal nor crazy...

I don't know about where you live, but here in Florida, we concealed weapons permit holders commit violent crimes at about half the rate of the general population.

[Name removed]

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[MyNameGoesHere]

8. When you reach into your

pants, which "gun" are you fondling?

[MrBenchley]

9. Just for your information

This is a REAL product for trigger happy loons....



Never underestimate the gun nuts' penchant for inadvertant hilarity....

[MyNameGoesHere]

10. Holy frigging cow

just amazing.

[MrBenchley]

15. It truly is amazing, isn't it?

But then no absurdity is too absurd for the trigger happy. It's why they call 'em gun nuts. And why we have people seriously arguing here that Tom Delay needs a hidden popgun to prevent crime.

[publius42]

13. So this is an important sub-thread?

Later.

[MrBenchley]

16. Small importance, clearly...(snicker)

[publius42]

18. Good luck in high school!

Thanks, but I got done with this kind of nonsense a few decades ago.

I suspected that one could not be a gun owner and a Democrat at the same time, and you folks have confirmed it, and also taught me that you can't be mature or polite to strangers, nor engage in any kind of real debate. Just personal attacks and penis jokes, just like Junior High. Only thing is, in Junior High we didn't have moderators around deleting the few bits of actual discussion to seep through the wave of junk.

[wicket]

6. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

:rofl:

[napi21]

7. He won't get it back until this indicment is cleared...one way or the othe

It's written into Tx. law..anyone indicted MUST surrender his permit!

[gollygee]

11. So he could lose his right to vote too, right?

in Texas convicted felons can't vote, as I recall.

[slackmaster]

12. That's correct

And once convicted of a felony he'll have a hell of a time finding a job of any kind.

[LaPera]

14. Every accused felon in Texas should now fight to get their gun license...

back.

That would certainly magnify and piss off DeLay!!!

[bunkerbuster1]

17. oooh, ooh, I smell legal defense fund!

Anybody else got a whiff?