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ForbidInjustice wrote:Everyone on this topic appears rather calm.

Am I the only one who was completely OUTRAGED upon hearing of this new law? Like all of you CHL holders, I paid my dues, $140 to the state and about $100 to take the safety course. I jumped through the rest of the hoops to obtain my CHL and now the state is granting more and more firearm privileges to the non-CHL holders and to the road ragers that have no business carrying a weapon in the first place?

Lacking a better way to put it, it makes the license in my pocket less exclusive. I'm surprised the CHL holders haven't fought back on this issue. People will also argue that any 'bad guys' who tote guns were carrying even before this law was passed, but there DOES exist the class of unstable people who are only carrying now because they legally can. These people are the ones who will draw a weapon and fire, simply because they were cut off or thrown the middle digit on the road. These people shouldn't carry, and had this law not been passed, they wouldn't. I haven't heard of any rise in road rage yet, but I won't relax; it's still early.

Do I make a point at all? Hopefully Texas won't get too out-of-control with the handgun bills.