Have you recovered from the whirlwind November midterm elections? Good. Because the 2015 legislative session starts in a mere matter of days, and with our newly elected governor and lieutenant governor, and a solidly Republican Texas Legislature, expect nothing less than a proverbial shit show of meaty red legislation and epic debates.

Despite the decades-long Republican stronghold on the Capitol, bills such as the ones we’ve highlighted below proved to be a bit too much, either going nowhere fast or ultimately defeated later in the session. But with unapologetically ultra-conservative legislators, shored up by Lieutenant Governor-elect and Tea Party favorite Dan Patrick and Governor-elect Greg Abbott, it wouldn’t surprise anyone if some of these become law next year.

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS

After defeating Democrat Wendy Davis in the race for Texas’ top leadership position, Abbott wasted no time announcing he’d sign a bill this legislative session to allow the open carry of handguns. “If an open-carry bill is passed by the House and Senate and arrives at my desk, I will sign it into law,” he pledged November 5, the day after he won. “If open carry is good enough for Massachusetts, it’s good enough for the state of Texas.”

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