KBCraig
Regular Member
How such a bill does not unanimously pass in a state like Texas is beyond me.
"A state like Texas" is mostly propaganda, not reality.
It's easy for one of the constitutionally weakest governors in the country to brag about legislation over which he has no control. It's something else entirely for such braggadocio to become reality.
I've been following this for 20 years (19 of which I was a Texas resident, before there was even legal concealed carry in "a state like Texas").
Constitutional carry will never see the light of day in Texas. The only bills that might make it through the legislature (via the gatekeepers at TSRA) will be either licensed OC, or unlicensed OC with CHLers not allowed to OC in urban areas. Expect no protection from any "no guns" signs, even those not 30.06-compliant; that means a Class A misdemeanor for "criminal trespass while in possession of a deadly weapon", and loss of CHL (if licensed) for about 7 years. The power brokers will talk a good game about supporting OC, while warning that 30.06 signs will go up everywhere, restricting their precious government-permitted concealed carry.
The only solution for Texas, which I rate somewhere south of a snowball's chance in hell, is to nuke PC Chapter 46, entirely.
I shook the Texas dust from my feet a year ago, and happily OC in complete freedom now. And even when I CC, it's with a printed sheet of paper that I don't even have to carry, but was issued for $10 within 48 hours of dropping off my application.