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by Taypo
Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:29 am
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Greg Abbott and OC
Replies: 198
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Re: Greg Abbott and OC

Ouch. That's some ugly signage.
by Taypo
Thu Nov 06, 2014 6:16 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Greg Abbott and OC
Replies: 198
Views: 32075

Re: Greg Abbott and OC

When I lived there, you could open carry without a permit but concealed required one. So nobody I knew or was aware of bothered with carrying concealed. Clear?
by Taypo
Thu Nov 06, 2014 5:53 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Greg Abbott and OC
Replies: 198
Views: 32075

Re: Greg Abbott and OC

JSThane wrote:As someone that lives in an Open Carry state, I can tell y'all that most of the worries CHLers have about Open Carry are pretty much non-events. Nobody grabs an OC'er's gun. Nobody draws down on an OC'er. The cops might get called, but that's fairly rare, and even if you're somewhere that open carry is technically disallowed (places serving alcohol, etc), most cops will just give you a "you might wanna take that outside, because it's technically illegal in here" lecture.

I have my concealed-carry license for politeness' sake, and because sometimes I want to throw a jacket on. But it's real nice to not have to worry about "unconcealed firearms."
Thanks! I lived in AZ a while back and open carry was pretty prevalent, but nobody carried concealed. I understand that's changed now, but I've never lived in a state where both are allowed. Gonna get interesting when it happens.
by Taypo
Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:53 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Greg Abbott and OC
Replies: 198
Views: 32075

Re: Greg Abbott and OC

I'm not so much concered with the legality as I am the practicality of it, especially with the current "OMG guns are bad!" Mentality around the country.

Personally, I can see a lot of the folks who were riding the fence on guns going to the dark side and banning them when everyone is showing them off. Maybe it's just me.
by Taypo
Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:47 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Greg Abbott and OC
Replies: 198
Views: 32075

Re: Greg Abbott and OC

Just a thought here. I'll admit I'm excited about the prospect of open carry, but is it conceivable that it could hurt CHL'ers?

For example: A shop is not posted 30.06, but they have some anti-gun customers. PRE-OC, its not an issue as nobody really knows who's carrying or not. Nobody sees, nobody cares. POST-OC, that same anti crowd is now looking at guns and doesn't like it. That crowd gets vocal and owners must react, so the store goes 30.06 and everybody gets hosed.

Is it a reasonable scenario?

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