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House panel eyes dropping 'concealed' from Texas gun law
Associated Press

April 28, 2011, 10:45AM
AUSTIN — The House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety wants to take the "concealed" part out of concealed handgun licenses.

The committee voted 5-3 in favor of a bill that would remove the word "concealed" from the law that allows Texans to have a handgun license. The so-called “open carry” law would allow license holders to carry their weapons in plain view wherever they would be allowed to carry a concealed handgun. The rules for getting a license would not change.

Texarkana state Rep. George Lavender authored the bill that was approved Wednesday. In a committee hearing last week, advocates said the law would deter crime. Opponents warned it would create a dangerous and intimidating climate in densely populated cities.

The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.

Do you know the bill number so that we could look at the wording?

Thomas wrote:Do you know the bill number so that we could look at the wording?

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HB 2756
Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun.
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Personally I would like an option to do either. I really don't get the whole "let's adopt open carry and get rid of Concealed" frame of mind.

Gunner21 wrote:I really don't get the whole "let's adopt open carry and get rid of Concealed" frame of mind.

Open carry opponents like to talk about this a lot, but I don't think I've ever heard an open carry proponent propose making open carry the only way to carry. What the proposed bill does is change the license from concealed only to concealed or open, your choice.