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Mel wrote:

mojo84 wrote:

docbrazos wrote:Just guessing here but open carry inside businesses is going to cause problems right and left. No way are you going to change 140 years of people not seeing OC in public. You can site all the state laws that you want but that pesky Unlawful to open carry law is still on the books here in Texas. If folks think they are going to walk the down town streets in all the big city's without being ID'd they had better rethink open carry and the possibility of entering businesses is going to be slim to none.

How in the world has so many other states accomplished open carry with all the negative backlash you mention? Texas isn't the first state to do this.

Because other states don't have the benefits of "OCT".

Wysiwyg101 wrote:So, recently I heard that several places of business have stated they do not want firearms carried openly in their stores. They include, 1.) Target 2.) Whataburger 3.) Chili's 4.) Chipotle 5.) Panera Bread 6.) Sonic 7.) Starbucks. I've also heard that, under the new laws provisions, they can merely ask that firearms not be open carried in their places of business and that is enough. They don't need either a 30.06 or a 30.07 sign. Is that true? That would suck if it is true. Out of all those listed above, I've never been and don't plan on going to the Panera Bread place. I go to the others all the time.

I guess what I'd really like is if a lawyer read the actual law and translated it from Lawyerese to plain English that would be great. Anyone do that yet?