Most of state Senatecritter Drew Springer's 11-bill gun nutz wish list is pandering. Some of it lacks legal standing. Some of it is unconstitutional.
The bills about intrastate gun sales? Nothing new here. Widely believed to be unconstitutional, ruled so in one case in 2014 by the Supreme Court, and in the past, opposed by the NRA, no less, per the first link, for fear it would undercut them.
The other stuff?
SB 541? Unconstitutional. Clearly so, even more than the bills referenced above, as Drew doesn't restrict himself to intrastate sales issues here.
SB 545? Nothingburger and a pander, as there's no such legal restrictions right now.
SB 547? Pander Bear for the Shelley Luthers of North Texas and the Luke Maciases of wingnut media, as, before the SD 30 special, Drew said zip about Strangeabbott's special orders. I remember that from a campaign forum, as the other Rethuglicans, not just Luther, even Denton Mayor Chris Watts, brought it up, and Strangeabbott's lapdog Springer was silent.
SB 548? More of the "set Texas free from DC, but keep Texas cities and counties enslaved" bullshit.
SB 549? Probably has little chance of passing. Pander Bearing to the bars portion of the booze world. Probably also legally challengable as a carve-out unless the Lege changed the definition of a bar in general from 51 percent booze to 60 percent.
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