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Charles L. Cotton wrote:I've never seen a concealed-carry proponent argue that CC is constitutionally protected, but OC isn't. OC supporters are just mad that TSRA and NRA haven't taken up the OC banner. Not supporting an issue is not the same as opposing it and it certainly doesn't constitute throwing them under the bus. OC supporters repeatedly contend that OC is protected by the Second Amendment, but CC isn't. That's throwing CC under the bus.

I'm gonna bronze this statement. Put it on my wall. May make T-shirts of it.

Of all the 50 states' gun laws, you know where I'd like to live?

Texas.

Carry under Government Code Subchapter H, Chapter 411 is consistent State-wide.

Consistent State-wide. This is very important.

We are a shall-issue State, and our State statutes don't allow municipal governments--or individual PDs--to decide who should be allowed a CHL...or where they can carry.

Research carefully the "open carry" states. Where, how, and what you can carry will vary significantly.

Not to mention that almost all non-LEOs still choose to carry concealed. And logically so.

The OC faction can hammer Texas all it likes. But the fact is, the State of Texas has one of the best concealed handgun licensing programs in the nation.

chabouk wrote:California has legal open carry in rural areas, and legal "unloaded open carry" everywhere else except for school zones. That leaves 28 other states where OC in unquestionably legal, although there might be some hassle associated with the practice.

Just a note that next Wednesday, the 12th, the California Appropriations Committee will consider Assembly Bill 1934; two other committees have voted "yes." The Legislative Counsel's Digest for this bill reades, in part:

AB 1934, as amended, Saldana. Firearms.

Existing law, subject to exceptions, makes it an offense to carry
a concealed handgun on the person or in a vehicle, as specified.
Existing law provides that firearms carried openly in belt holsters
are not concealed within the meaning of those provisions.

This bill would delete the exception pertaining to firearms
carried openly in belt holsters. The bill would also establish an
exemption to the offense for transportation of a firearm by members
of specified organizations going directly to or from official parade
duty or ceremonial occasions, as specified.

By expanding the scope of an existing offense, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.

Just one small way of pointing out that the OC landscape isn't as rosey as it sometimes seems when you read certain of the gun boards.