New Petition for State wide open carry

The Truth said:

How such a bill does not unanimously pass in a state like Texas is beyond me.

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"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.

Texas weighs open carry

http://news.yahoo.com/texas-weighs-allowing-open-carry-handguns-151850669.html

Reuters News Article on Texas Open Carry Effort...

"Texas lawmakers put new gun rights laws in their sights"
Reuters (12-14-14)
By Jim Forsyth

First 2 paragraphs of article:

"Several proposed new gun laws await the new Texas legislature when it opens next month, including one to allow open carrying of handguns in public and another providing a sales tax holiday for firearms purchases."

"The Republican-dominated legislature will become even more conservative due the party's landslide win in the November election, with many members pledging to expanding firearms rights in the state often seen as an incubator of conservative policies nationwide."

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-- http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...-in-their-sights/ar-BBgNChg?ocid=ansnewsreu11

"Current Texas law grants citizens the right to carry concealed handguns with a permit."

That should read "Current Texas law restricts the rights of citizens to only carry concealed handguns with a permit."

Ohio stands with you !

Ohio has HISTORICALLY always been an open carry state, no license or 'permit' needed.
I cannot understand WHY our state legislature trusts it's citizens and Texas politicians don't trust theirs.
I used to live in Orange,Texas and Texans are just as trustworthy as Ohioans or people of other states
where openly carrying firearms in plain site on one's person IS NO BIG DEAL and completely acceptable.
TEXANS ARE TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE and citizens of the same country Ohioans are.= We are one, AMERICANS !

And another article:

http://concealednation.org/2014/12/...-on-its-editing-and-the-guardian-is-on-crack/

Excerpt:

“If open carry is good enough for Massachusetts, it’s good enough for the state of Texas,” Governor Greg Abbott said the day after his election, last month."

And a comment on the Huffington Post...which once again, shows it's ignorance about gun issues.