POLITICAL
POLITICAL SEGMENT -- TEXAS FACE OFF. YOU CAN WATCH IT EVERY TUESDAY HERE
ON MIDDAY.
ON MIDDAY. JOINING ME THIS MORNING IS JAMES
DICKEY, TEXAS GOP CHAIRMAN.
AND ED ESPINOZA, EXECUTVE
DIRECTOR OF
PROGRESS TEXAS.
PROGRESS TEXAS.
BEGINNING
BEGINNING TODAY -- IT'S NOW AGAINST THE LAW TO USE BUMP STOCKS -- IT'S A GUN
ATTACHMENT THAT MAKES THE
GUN FIRE FASTER.
WHAT THIS BAN MEANS: THEY NOW
MUST EITHER BE
DESTROYED
DESTROYED OR TURNED OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES.
AUTHORITIES.
IF
IF NOT
IF NOT VIOLATORS CAN FACE UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN FINES.
Q 1: DO YOU THINK GUN OWNERS
WILL ACTUALLY DO
THIS?
Q 2: HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS -- WE
HAVE GUN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
THIS?
THIS? Q
THIS? Q 2: HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS -- WE HAVE GUN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
'MICHAEL
'MICHAEL CARGILL' WHO'S BEEN VERY VOCAL - CLAIMING IT VIOLATES THE
CONSTITUTION... DO YOU THINK
HIS ARGUMENT WILL HOLD UP IN
COURT?
COURT? THIS MORNING - A NEW SURVEY FROM
THE NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH FIRM
'P-R-R-I' FOUND THAT TWO IN
THREE TEXANS SUPPORT LAWS
PROTECTING LGBT PEOPLE FROM
DISCRIMINATION.
77 PERCENT OF AUSTINITES
SURVEYED SAID THEY SUPPORT
NON-DISCRIMINATION LAWS -- WHICH
WAS ACTUALLY
THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OUT OF
THE STATE'S FIVE
BIGGEST METRO AREAS.
Q1: SENATE BILL 17 WOULD PROTECT
THOSE LICENSED BY
THE STATE - LIKE LAWYERS AND
THERAPISTS - FROM ACTING IN
WAYS THAT VIOLATE THEIR
RELIGION... GAY RIGHTS GROUPS
ARE AGAINST THAT. DO YOU THINK
LAWMAKERS
LAWMAKERS
TAKE
TAKE POLLS LIKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION? Q2: DO YOU THINK THERE IS ANY POLITICAL PRESSURE
TO CHANGE THE DISCRIMINATION
LAWS ON THE BOOK IN TEXAS?
ALRIGHT--
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