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Right2Carry wrote:I don't understand how Oklahoma was able to get the parking lot bill passed and yet Texas has failed repeatedly to get this done.

Maybe the Oklahoma legislature didn't waste the first couple weeks of their session wishing their biggest donors an official Texas happy birthday.

Maybe the Oklahoma legislature is more competent or more ethical than the Texas legislature.

No maybe about it. I'm voting anti-incumbent based on the last session.

Just like concealed carry supporters are willing to exclude open carry from their agenda.

As I said on the previous page, TSRA can carry the flag for open carry, or not. It's their (our) choice. But if TSRA won't support open carry, we have no grounds to complain when open carry supporters don't support concealed carry.

I'm sure the Brady Bunch is happy with us fighting each other instead of pushing back against all anti-gun laws together.

"No more than"

Charles L. Cotton wrote: I find it interesting that OC supporters are willing to throw concealed-carry under the bus to further their goal of OC.

No more than CC supporters have been willing to throw open-carry under the bus to further their goal of CC.

Better we should all work together but if "A" is willing to abrogate the rights of "B"
then "A" doesn't have a leg to stand on when "B" returns the favor.

SA-TX wrote:Honestly, I think we are being too timid and tactical with the Legislature. Open carry is the carry that the Constitution talked about. The fact that Texas, of all places, has such a hash of general prohibitions and a thousand exceptions is sad. Look at Arizona: they just passed "constitutional carry" -- it is your right to carry openly or concealed, no license needed. They join Vermont and Alaska. That's freedom.

SA-TX

Even if we don't get open carry during the next session, I think it's worthwhile pushing for it.

1. It's the right thing to do. We should be able to openly wear a pistol or a crucifix or a Ron Paul t-shirt.

2. If TSRA doesn't push for open carry, someone else will, and that group will have no reason to listen to TSRA.

3. It's good to ask for more and settle for less than ask for less and settle for much less.