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Charles L. Cotton wrote:

Jason K wrote:If OC does pass, we really need to work on changing this attitude of holstered OC gun automatically means threat....

I agree. Unfortunately, that job has been made harder by open-carry demonstrations with long guns and to a lesser degree with black powder handguns. I wrote an article during the 2013 legislative session designed to lessen fears that the general public might experience if open-carry passes. (Some people think there will be no such fears, but that's precisely what happened in 1995 when CHL passed.) I didn't think it would pass in 2013, so I intended my article as the first in an effort to educate the public about the great track record CHLs have earned and to put folks at ease at the sight of openly armed citizens.

The plan was to write more articles and hold live and video conference "town hall meetings" on the open-carry issue with a goal of building a strong consensus among all Texans that open-carry does not post a threat and that those doing so are CHLs who are 16 times less likely to commit a crime than the general public. The political landscape has changed and I don't think such efforts would help. In fact, they may even hurt the cause because people could well think they are nothing more than a political stunt designed to counter demonstrations.

Chas.

pops1982 wrote:The efforts of these in your face "OCA" people is so obviously counter productive to our cause that I've come to the conclusion that they cant be that stupid or hard headed so they must be plants from the leftist gun grabbers. Reasonable conclusion? Maybe some investigation into the background of the individuals doing this should be done and if my assumption is correct they need to be called out on it.