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Bill to decrease ban of concealed weapon
MSC OPAS
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
FOR NEW MEMBERS
Applications may be picked up in the
Student Programs Office
2nd Floor MSC, Room 223
Applications are due January 21 by 5:00PM
Interviews will be January 21 and 22.
A
Informational Meeting for all
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Potential Applicants:
Rudder 410
January 19, 6:30 PM
QUESTIONS? CALL THE OPAS OFFICE 845-1661
AUSTIN (AP) —Texans licensed
to carry concealed handguns
would no longer face charges of
trespassing simply for carrying
their weapons on public property
under a bill filed Wednesday by
Sen. Jerry Patterson.
The author of the state’s 1995
concealed-carry law, which allows
Texans 21 and older to be licensed
to carry concealed handguns, said
more Texans might apply for licens
es once various bans are lifted.
More than 116,000 Texans have
been licensed to carry concealed
handguns since the law took effect
last year. Thousands of applications
are pending at the Department of
Public Safety, which administers
the law and issues the licenses.
Patterson, R-Pasadena, said
concealed-gun bans established
by state agencies, like the DPS, lo
cal governments and their subdi
visions are illegal because the
Texas Constitution says only the
Legislature can regulate the “wear
ing of arms.” He said the bans
could cost law-abiding citizens
and government entities time and
money in legal battles.
Patterson’s bill would put the
Constitution’s provision on regulat
ing handguns into law. It also would
limit the number of places where
the guns are banned by eliminating
statutoiy bans in churches, nursing
homes, amusement parks and most
areas inside hospitals.
The concealed weapons would
continue to be legally banned from
hospital emergency rooms and
from inside rooms where public
meetings are being held.
Patterson said privately owned
hospitals, churches, nursing homes
and amusement parks could decide
on their own to ban the guns..
“The doomsday scenario did not
occur. I’ve yet to be in a gunfight in
the middle of the street,” Patterson
said. “Responsible citizens can be
have responsibly. For that reason,
we’re going to make the handgun
bill in Texas simpler.”
But Rep. Sherri Greenberg
Austin, an opponent of thee
cealed-carry law, said many!
makers voted for the measured
after specific bans were added
“I think what we shouldbes
ing is that we’ve taken asiti®
and made it as safe as possitit
don't think we should be going]
other direction,” she said.
Greenberg is sponsoringal
that would allow cities toregul;
the carrying of concealed guns S
said counties currently haved
right and cities should as well.
“Ideally, this would beaniss®
local control,” she said.
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Evidence points to mom
in double homicide case
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Life
insurance policies and will docu
ments were found near the bodies
of Darlie Routier’s two sons after
they were stabbed to death, a po
lice officer has testified.
Prosecutors claim Routier, 27,
was angry over money problems
and the burdens of motherhood
and that she fatally stabbed 6-
year-old Devon and 5-year-old
Damon Routier with a kitchen
butcher knife on June 6.
Police claim she slashed herself
and staged a crime scene in her
home in Rowlett, a suburb of Dallas,
in an attempt to fool investigators.
Routier contends an intruder
killed her sons and attacked her
before fleeing through a window
in the garage.
The life insurance and will
documents introduced in Routi
er’s capital murder trial Tuesday
were the first evidence aimed at
establishing the motive prosecu
tors presented during their
opening statement last week.
Under questioning by prosecu
tor Greg Davis, officer David
Mayne said the family records
were discovered in green folders
about two feet from Devon’s body.
The documents, including Routi
er’s will, shed light on her state of
mind, Davis said.
Among the papers were life
insurance renewals for Routier,
her husband, Darin, and the two
slain boys.
Other papers included birth
certificates, the children’s immu
nization records, Darlie and
Darin Routier’s marriage license,
a retail installment contract and
handwritten notes.
Prosecutors also planned to pre
sent two items found in a trash bag
— a letter from American Express
and a letter from a mortgage com
pany. The judge OK’d those items
outside the presence of the jury.
During cross-examination that
continued today, defense attor
neys sought to cast doubt on po
lice methods for collecting evi
dence at the crime scene.
According to prosecutors,
blood was discovered on assort
ed cloths and rags in the house,
on some adult athletic shoes and
on a blanket found in one of the
upstairs’ bedrooms.
Blood also was found near the
sink, in the utility room, on a small
dark baseball cap in the utility
room and at the utility room en
trance to the garage, he said.
No blood was found on items
in the garage or on the garage win
dow sill, Mayne said.
A vacuum cleaner was upside-
down on the kitchen floor, and
bloody footprints leading away
from the crime scene were discov
ered beneath it, the officer testified.
Rock exhibit visits Fort Wortli torld Tribe.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An
exhibit recognizing rock’s best is
rolling across America.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and Museum traveling exhibit
kicked off a 40-city tour Wednes
day. Organizers hope it will lure
curious fans to the permanent col
lection in Cleveland.
The exhibit features a short
film about the hall of fame as well
backstage photos and quotes
from rockers like Evan Dando of
the Lemonheads and Steven Tyler
of Aerosmith.
The photos are courtesyof.\i
Preston, a rock photographer!
more than 25 years who hastate
candid shots of musicians 1
David Lee Roth, Madonna, Bm:
Springsteen, Bono ofU2and|
Eagles, among others.
“I think kids are really interes:
ed and the fans are really intere
ed in what goes on behind
scenes, you know, away from tin
CD covers, away from the nut
videos,” Preston said.
Corps
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The Corps will be introducing a
new outfit this spring, G-3, which
will be devoted to helping cadets
on academic probation bring up
their grades.
G-3, an acronym for “get good
grades”, is a voluntary outfit for
upperclassmen in the Corps.
Cadets will be placed in an envi
ronment conducive to learning,
spending their days differently
than the rest of the Corps, with less
emphasis on Corps activities and
more emphasis on school.
In the past, cadets on academic
probation were dismissed from the
Corps, but were still allowed to at
tend the University. With the cre
ation of G-3, cadets who wish to re
main in . >.e Corps may join the
outfit until their grades improve.
Hopgood said he wants to make
G-3 a positive experience.
“The intent is for people to work
themselves out of G-3 and get bad
to their outfits,” he said.
Almost 25 years after its creation
company L-2 is being de-activated
Hopgood said the two primaiyrea
sons for the de-activation were
poor grades and poor retention.
The freshmen and juniors in LI
had overall GPRs below2.0andlost
seven of their 15 freshmen.
Parker Greene, the compam
commander for L-2 and a seniorfi-
nance major, said the low retention
rate was due to externalities,such
as medical conditions of cadetsand
traumatic events. To continue into
the spring, the outfit needed 13
members, he said, but fell short.
Greene said the Commandani
made a wise decision with thedc-
activation.
“I support him 100 percent,"lie
said. “We did the best we could v#
what we had. We fell a little shtfl [
and now we have to move on."
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7 r 25B University Drive
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By Graham Harvey
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