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This is a tough issue for me. I have no problem whatsoever with adding the right to open carry to CHL holders options. In theory I would support the right to carry openly (and concealed) without the requirement for a permit unde the 2nd ammendment. The problem is that then I start to think of some of the dangerous actions I have seen people take with firearms because they do not know how to properly handle them and I see the need for training before they are allowed to carry. This then requires some kind of proof that they know safe gun handleing proceedures, i.e. a permit which then limits 2nd ammendment rights and I have come in a full circle.

I guess my ideal solution would be that a traing class and an instant NIC check be required for a handgun (or better yet a 'wepons' license). I would have no objection if this license was temporary pending the results of a criminal backround check but this should occur after at least a temporary license has been issued. (Offhand I can see no reason that the temporary license could not be issued by a FFL upon submission of a training certificate. Paperwork for a backround check could then be forwarded to DPS for a criminal backround check.

I also feel it is wrong to tie collection of student loans, taxes, child support or anything else to the issuance of a permit.

Time to get down from the soapbox.

Dave B.

I would like to see open carry made legal, though for many of the reasons CHris gave above I think it should probably be licensed open carry: I think that either concealed or open a basic requirement for a firearms saftey course and a course on the legalities of lethal force. At least as a starter I would like to see the "C" taken out of "CHL"

As for would I carry open, yes, at least in a few limited cases: when I am on my way to the range would be one of them. Hiking in the woods would probably be another. In Walmart, etc ? Probably not

Dave B.