Houston Chronicle article 1/1/16 on OC
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Houston Chronicle article 1/1/16 on OC
After all the Chicken Little hype, now this ho-hum tone?
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/ho ... 730957.php
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/ho ... 730957.php
I'll quit carrying a gun when they make murder and armed robbery illegal
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Have to subscribe to read.RHenriksen wrote:After all the Chicken Little hype, now this ho-hum tone?
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/ho ... 730957.php
Ain't gonna do it.
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Re: Houston Chronicle article 1/1/16 on OC
I just copied the whole headline and pasted it into a google search. It came back with the same link Charles posted above.anygunanywhere wrote:Have to subscribe to read.RHenriksen wrote:After all the Chicken Little hype, now this ho-hum tone?
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/ho ... 730957.php
Ain't gonna do it.
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Re: Houston Chronicle article 1/1/16 on OC
[quote=""Lauren McGaughy in the Houston Chronicle"]
AUSTIN - Texas will become the largest state in the nation...to allow the open carry of handguns....[/quote]
[quote=""handgun law.us"]
Open Carry is legal in Alaska.[/quote]
Geography is obviously not Lauren McGaughy's strong suite.
AUSTIN - Texas will become the largest state in the nation...to allow the open carry of handguns....[/quote]
[quote=""handgun law.us"]
Open Carry is legal in Alaska.[/quote]
Geography is obviously not Lauren McGaughy's strong suite.
Re: Houston Chronicle article 1/1/16 on OC
I believe Texas is the most populous state to have open carry.
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Re: Houston Chronicle article 1/1/16 on OC
From the article:
Is this guy as dumb as he sounds? After 20 years of concealed carry, why would open carry be any different?"I don't think people that choose to openly carry a handgun are going to go out and start committing crimes," Houston Police Chief Mike McClelland said recently. "But I do believe they could become a victim of a crime. Or they could be in a situation to where they witness a crime and because they are openly carrying, they may try to intervene."
McClelland said licensed gun owners who leave their firearms in their cars also could become the target of "jugging," a crime on the rise in Houston in which thieves steal guns from unattended vehicles.
The risk for accident also could increase, he said.
"Any time you introduce more guns into any environment, empirical data has shown, you have more accidental shootings," he said. "You have more suicides, more children shoot themselves."
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
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Re: Houston Chronicle article 1/1/16 on OC
[quote=""handgun law.us"]1percent wrote:[quote=""Lauren McGaughy in the Houston Chronicle"]
AUSTIN - Texas will become the largest state in the nation...to allow the open carry of handguns....
Open Carry is legal in Alaska.[/quote]
Geography is obviously not Lauren McGaughy's strong suite.[/quote]
Texas IS the biggest state! If you melt down Alaska you get somethin' the size of Rhode Island!!!
4/13/1996 Completed CHL Class, 4/16/1996 Fingerprints, Affidavits, and Application Mailed, 10/4/1996 Received CHL, renewed 1998, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2016...). "ATF... Uhhh...heh...heh....Alcohol, tobacco, and GUNS!! Cool!!!!"
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ScottDLS wrote:Texas IS the biggest state! If you melt down Alaska you get somethin' the size of Rhode Island!!!
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Wrong! if you melted down all the snow and ice, there's dirt and hard rock underneath. I know this for a fact, as I lived there for many years. I especially enjoyed the summer - both days of it!ScottDLS wrote:
Texas IS the biggest state! If you melt down Alaska you get somethin' the size of Rhode Island!!!
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This was a quote from a Texan that a good friend of mine from New Jersey met at Ft. Benning, GA in jump school in 1987. Some of the soldiers were talking about where they were from, and one of the privates said he was from Texas and it was the biggest and best state. Being a smart aleck my friend asked him "What about Alaska???" and the Texan replied the above.G26ster wrote:Wrong! if you melted down all the snow and ice, there's dirt and hard rock underneath. I know this for a fact, as I lived there for many years. I especially enjoyed the summer - both days of it!ScottDLS wrote:
Texas IS the biggest state! If you melt down Alaska you get somethin' the size of Rhode Island!!!
4/13/1996 Completed CHL Class, 4/16/1996 Fingerprints, Affidavits, and Application Mailed, 10/4/1996 Received CHL, renewed 1998, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2016...). "ATF... Uhhh...heh...heh....Alcohol, tobacco, and GUNS!! Cool!!!!"