AUSTIN (1080 KRLD) - A state representative from Bedford angrily speaks out against a gun rights activist as he concedes defeat of his Constitutional Carry bill.
Chris McNutt of the group Texas Gun Rights went to three lawmakers' homes, including that of the Texas House speaker, urging them to advance Rep. Jonathan Stickland's bill, House Bill 357, that would allow Texans to openly carry firearms without a permit.
McNutt was intercepted by DPS troopers when he went to the Lake Jackson home of Speaker Dennis Bonnen.
He also went to the homes of Representative Dustin Burrows of Lubbock and Representative Four Price of Amarillo.
Bonnen, Burrows and Price are all Republicans.
None were home when McNutt dropped by -- they were all in Austin.
Without mentioning him by name, Stickland was clearly not happy with McNutt's actions.
"There is a right way and a wrong way to influence the legislative process," a visibly angry Stickland said in a video posted to his Facebook page. "It's never okay to target (lawmakers') homes and personal businesses when you know they're not in town."
As a result, the chairman of the the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee dropped his plan to give Stickland's bill a hearing.
In a subsequent statement, Stickland said since his bill no longer has a path to success, he is cancelling his request for a hearing in the committee.