Also brad and brad is a former marine and i just want to talk about some of the comments that have been made recently and how it affects our second amendment rights and also the support that i have for house bills 1911 in the house house bill 1927 which have
To do with constitutional carry which is one of the legislative priorities for the republican party of texas but first and foremost i just want to share with you a simple story on 31 july 1982 i took my oath of office as a commissioned officer in the united states army
And it said that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic that i bear true faith and allegiance to the same that i take this obligation freely without any purpose of evasion or mental reservation so help me god now this facility this
Incredible business that we’re in texas gun experience well the co-owners of this texas gun experience are also men who took that oath joseph and jared stanier one was a united states army soldier the other a united states marine and when we think about the words that were uttered last week
When joe biden said that no amendment is absolute that is very disturbing that is very disconcerting to us that have taken a note to support and defend the constitution because if no amendment is absolute if there is a belief in washington d.c that by a stroke of the pen they can get rid
Of our constitutional rights then ask yourself how long will it be before a person that wants to go into a church service has to show a permit for their freedom of religion or how about a permit or a mother may i for freedom of speech or freedom of expression
Or the freedom to assemble are you members of the press that are here can any of you show me your permit your grant from the federal government for your freedom of the press no you have that because it is enshrined in this simple little document the constitution of the united states of
America our rule of law and when i think about the fact that someone would say that our constitutional amendments of which the first 10 are called the bill of rights our individual bill of rights are not absolute then what happens with our fourth amendment as a matter of fact when joe biden was
Standing up there talking about national red flag laws that’s not just an infringement on your second amendment right that’s also an infringement on your fourth amendment right as you know right now in the supreme court they’re hearing the case about allowing law enforcement to go into homes without a warrant and seize legal
Law-abiding citizens weapons you know that’s not the america that so many of us took a note to support and defend now when you look at this thing called constitutional carry it’s very simple if we don’t have to have permits for any of our first amendment rights
If a state does not have to have a permit for its 10th amendment right which says that those powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states and to the people then why is it that we have to have a permit for our second amendment rights
See the important thing is that if you are a law abiding citizen if you come here to texas gun experience and you pick out a weapon that you would like to purchase kimmy and brad are going to sit down with you and you’re going to have to go through a
Batf form 4473 which is your background check if you don’t pass the background check you don’t get that firearm but if you pass the background check then that firearm is yours and here and here in the state of texas we should not have to ask for a permit
To carry the firearm that we are legally able to have because of our constitutional right now if a person wants to get a license to carry because they want to have reciprocity with another state if you leave out of the state of texas that’s a different story but no one
Should have to have a permit to have their second amendment right and if we continue to go down that path and understand that in front of texas are 20 to 21 other states that have already passed constitutional carry as a matter of fact within the last week iowa tennessee and arkansas have passed
Constitutional care now there are some out there that are saying that hey colonel at this day and time we see too much gun violence that is out there just remember that what happened in boulder colorado here was an individual on the fbi watch list how is that individual able to pass a
4473 background check obviously there’s a breakdown in the system and in the state of colorado they have some of the most stringent gun control laws as a matter of fact in colorado they already have red flag laws and in the city of boulder you have some of the most restrictive
Gun control laws and as a matter of fact that grocery chain is part of the kroger grocery chain store system you’re not allowed to carry a firearm in a kroger grocery store and it’s affiliate chains so guess what when you create laws to tell people what they can and can’t
Do as far as being a legal law-abiding firearm owner the only people that are going to obey those laws are the legal firearm owners but if you think about what has happened across the united states of america if you really want to have a heart-to-heart discussion about gun violence and crime on the
Streets just look at austin texas where they defunded the police force in austin texas by some 150 million if i’m correct and you’ve seen a 63 percent increase in violent crime in austin texas or just look right here not too far away in the city of dallas
Where we have a district attorney by the name of john cruzel that is releasing criminals onto the streets and the exact same thing is also happening down in houston and harris county with the district attorney down there kim ogg so at a time when we have
People on the democrat side of the aisle that are releasing violent criminals onto the streets at a time when we have people that are saying that we need to defund the police to include defunding ice and we have all of these criminal illegal immigrants that are coming across our borders into
The state of texas then why would anyone say to law-abiding americans that no amendment is absolute in speaking to the second amendment so who is supposed to take care of defending us if you don’t want us to have police you don’t want us to have ice and you’re releasing criminals onto the
Streets and you have implemented an open borders policy by executive order i want everyone to understand one single thing no executive order can take away a constitutional right and that’s what we have to understand that we live in a constitutional republic not a constitutional monarchy joe biden is not a king
Kamala harris is not a queen they cannot sit down and just sign their names to a piece of paper and take away the right that any american any texan has to come into the texas gun experience and purchase a firearm furthermore we need to have constitutional care
In the state of texas it says you do not need a mother mayor you do not need a permit from the government of texas to have the firearm that our constitution says that you have a right to keep and bear so with that being said what are your questions yes jack finks
Cbs news 11. my answer is that to be a barber is not a constitutional right and furthermore when you talk about a police chief i do not have the ability to call 9-1-1 and the police chief is going to be right there within a second or two of our call and
So these police chiefs need to go and talk to these district attorneys that continue to release these criminals onto our streets and so i think that the police chief should be more concerned these chiefs should be more concerned about people talking about defunding their law enforcement agencies
And again i’m a legal law-abiding gun owner and i think that most of the people that come in here to texas gun experience you see right over there training room two training room one i think that every single person that comes in here to buy for a firearm
Wants to get properly trained on it but that does not mean that their right to have that firearm and to carry that firearm should be infringed and that’s why we don’t need to have permits we can have constitutional carry and jack let me tell you how facetious this whole thing is
I can openly carry a long gun in the state of texas without a permit what does that mean i can openly carry an ar 15 in the state of texas without a permit you cannot openly carry a handgun in the state of texas without a permit
Now when i was in the army a drill sergeant would say that’s stuck on stupid um i don’t know what uh is their motivation uh because i stand and believe in the rule of law and the rule of law is the constitution and i think that without a doubt the constitution says
That any american legal law abiding fire on firearms owner that goes to a 4473 background check should be able to have that firearm i think what these police chiefs should be talking about is making sure that the knicks system it doesn’t fail us anymore so that people can go in and lie
On a 4473 and there’s not a red flag that comes up but the most important thing is that we support our law enforcement but our law enforcement needs to also understand that those are some very dangerous streets that are out there because we have people that are releasing criminals onto those streets
And it is my individual right to be able to defend myself and my family and i hope those police officers will understand well i think that uh there’s a saying that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with the gun
And i think the more that we create these gun-free zones and the more that we have these loopholes that are within that background check system again i go back to the fact here was somebody that was on an fbi watch list how is this individual able to procure
Firearm just the same as we knew about jared loughner in arizona who unfortunately shot one of my former congressional colleagues gabby giffords we knew he had issues with uh mental health so i think the real thing that we should be looking at is the mental health issue
Making sure that we have a very good and tight mix background system and look they’re doing their job here when people come in they talk to them they talk about them going through training they make sure that they go through and uh fill out that 4473 form
So everyone that wants to legally own a firearm are doing the right things but these are the criminals that are out there that are doing the wrong things let’s stop enabling them i think that this is a different time without a doubt i know that this was a legislative priority two years ago
But my message to the republicans in the state house and state senate there’s a reason why you have a majority of 83 to 67 in the texas state house and 18 to 13 in the texas state senate and this is the number four legislative priority for the republican party of texas
This was voted on uh last year and it was also brought up during the state convention so we want to see constitutional carry pass and as i stated once before 20 i believe 21 other states have passed constitutional care so obviously bernie sanders in vermont who has constitutional carry has a right
That we don’t even have here in texas any other questions thanks so much appreciate it thank you thanks
