Wow. Is that a glimmer of sanity in Texas, I see.

[kpete]

BREAKING: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will defy the @NRA and take the lead on gun background checks: "I'm a solid NRA guy, but not expanding the background check to eliminate the stranger to stranger sale makes no sense to me and ... most folks." #txlegehttps://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/09/06/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-says-he-will-defy-nra-take-lead-on-gun-background-checks/ …

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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/09/06/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-says-he-will-defy-nra-take-lead-on-gun-background-checks/

Link to tweet

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. One little glimmer may be all we need to bring relief from this carnage.

Finally, an intelligent Republican!

[Skittles]

4. with all due respect Ms. Pegster

Dan Patrick is an asshole, and even Texas knows that

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/bum-steer-awards-2018-1-dan-patrick/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Ah, I didn't know! Thanks for the link, my dear Skittles!

I will read it and become wiser!

[Skittles]

10. to make #1 on the Bum Steer Awards

you cannot just be a run-of-the-mill asshole, you have to be an ASSHOLE EXTRAORDINAIRE.....yes INDEED

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I read the article, and you're so right! ASSHOLE EXTRAORDINAIRE for sure!

What he did was truly completely nauseating.

[Skittles]

12. NOW you understand

THAT would be the correct response to ANYTHING Dan Fucking Patrick does...here, I will join you:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Ah, you made me laugh!

[Skittles]

14. my pleasure, Ms. Pegster!

[TwilightZone]

6. This is completely out-of-character.

The rest of the time, he's a complete jackass and an idiot.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Ah well.........now I know. Thanks! n/t

[Skittles]

2. not to worry

Patrick will be taken to the woodshed and will issue another statement

[Midnight Writer]

9. Agreed. This is an empty statement, a promise to do some unspecified thing in the unspecified future

I do think it is interesting that Dan Patrick, who made his political bones as a right wing crank, would be concerned at all of his position on gun issues.

Either:

A) The NRA is out of money and he didn't get his check.

Or:

B) The Texas Republicans have polling that indicates the gun issue could turn Texas votes in the next election.

[Skittles]

15. I would like to think it is both A and B

hoo boy and HOWDY

[Newest Reality]

3. I am looking forward to the day

when nobody in office, who is his right mind at least, would express allegiance for, or affiliation to, a terrorist organization like the NRA simply because it has become clear that it has transformed, since the 80's, into an extremist, subversive threat to the health and safety to more Americans than any other out in the open organization today.

Being a "solid NRA guy" is not a positive form of identification to me, glimmers or not, because it means that promiscuous gun-toting and fundamentalist views are promoted as taking priority to the interests of the many in order to satisfy the few. The NRA has become a source of shame for this country and that is nothing to celebrate unless frequent deaths of adults and children, shattered and traumatized families, and a legacy of fear and paranoia is what you intend for this county as a whole.

[TwilightZone]

5. First intelligent thing he's ever done.

99.9% of the time, he is a complete jackass.