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		<title>The Great Cultural War on American Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=363</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association and recently returned from our winter, 2013 meetings.  It comes as no surprise that the Obama administration’s predictable and despicable  response to the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a major topic of discussion.  The information revealed during these meetings makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Straight Talk About Open-Carry</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=341</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were to stop ten people on the streets of most cities and towns in Texas and ask them how they feel about “open-carry” the vast majority of them would have no idea what you are asking.  Some would probably think you were talking about walking down the street with an open beer in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reduce Off-Limits Areas for Texas CHL’s</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=321</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[History of Concealed Handgun Licensees in Texas The time has come for the Texas legislature to reduce the number of locations that are “off-limits” to holders of a Texas Concealed Handgun License (CHL).  At the time Senate Bill 60 passed in 1995, it was considered by some as both a revolutionary and radical concept.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shorter CHL Classes:  Can it be Done Safely?</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=309</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill has been prefiled for the 2013 Texas legislative session that seeks to reduce the minimum required class hours to obtain a Texas Concealed Handgun License (“CHL”) for the first time.  Current law requires these initial classes to be at least ten hours and no more than fifteen hours long.  Renewal classes must be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. and Mrs. Media, Please SHUT-UP!!</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=302</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mass murder of twenty first grade children and six adults in Newtown Connecticut was a tragedy beyond comprehension.  Unfortunately, the news media is unintentionally increasing the odds that a copycat mass murderer will duplicate the massacre in another school.  Since the Newtown shootings on Friday, December 15, 2012, at least three people have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Really Want Safe Schools?</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=292</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Regardless of the frequency however, to many Texans (this writer included) crossing our collective fingers and hoping for the best is unacceptable.]]></description>
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		<title>﻿The Truth About the Texas Castle Doctrine</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=279</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jessie Jackson, Rep. Al Green, Al Shaprton and others are using the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida to call for the repeal of all so-called “stand your ground” laws around the country.  Jessie Jackson was in Houston on April 12th calling for repeal of the Texas “Castle Doctrine.”  Jackson erroneously claims such laws promote “vigilantism.”  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated Crime Comparison:  Texas CHL&#8217;s v. General Population</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=274</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest comparison of crime statistics between Texas Concealed Handgun Licensees and the general population in Texas (over age 20) is shocking &#8212; shockingly good that is!  The comparison is so good I started not to publish the information because 2009 will be a very hard act to follow.  However, facts are facts and these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Texas CHL&#8217;s Really That Good?</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=259</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short answer to the question is a resounding “YES!”  We really are that good and this article sets out the proof.  But first, here is  a short history lesson. Let us turn the clock back about twenty five years when the idea of passing legislation that would allow law-abiding Texans to carry handguns for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRA Endorsements</title>
		<link>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=244</link>
		<comments>http://www.texasshooting.com/blog/?p=244#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles L. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NRA endorsements are powerful, very very powerful, and every gun owner had better hope they remain so. Gun rights are not the only issue I care strongly about, but gun rights are a litmus test. If a candidate is wrong on guns, then I don&#8217;t care where they stand on anything else. Most people who [...]]]></description>
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