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Monday, February 16, 2009


Most states require no permit to carry a holstered handgun openly. Yet
incredibly, Texas is one of only 6 states to outright ban open carry!
Yes, that's right, law abiding Americans can "open carry"
without any
permit in Pittsburgh and Seattle, but not Dallas, Houston or West Texas.

Even the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to endorse open carry in the DC v.
Heller decision when it said that the right to "bear" arms means to
"carry" them. It doesn't take a law degree to figure out that open
carry is constitutionally protected and that Americans don't need no
stinkin' permit to carry openly.

Over 54,000 Texans have signed an online petition at
http://www.petitiononline.com/texasoc/petition.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; to decriminalize
open carry and, for some weeks now, Texas legislators meeting in Austin
have been waiting to receive a final draft of a bill from legislative
services to effect this change.

But now that the bill is drafted, some legislators seem to have gone
wobbly on introducing the bill. Some are concerned that open carry is
too controversial and may harm the chance of passage for other pro-gun
bills. If anything, the reverse is true. The more the merrier. Many
pro-Second Amendment bills help to show legislators that their voters
want to see freedom expanded in this area.

Self-imposed bill rationing makes no more sense than gun sale rationing.
The anti-gun forces don't play this way, so why should we?

The Texas legislature only meets once every two years, and there's no
reason to put off this open carry reform in Texas any longer.

ACTION: Please urge your state representative and senator to introduce
the Texas open carry bill.

law abiding Americans can "open carry" without any permit in Pittsburgh and Seattle, but not Dallas, Houston or West Texas.

casingpoint wrote:

law abiding Americans can "open carry" without any permit in Pittsburgh and Seattle, but not Dallas, Houston or West Texas.

Isn't that the stupidest.

Yeah, with poor grammar like that, it's hard to tell if they mean West, Texas, a city between Waco and Hillsboro, or the generic locality west Texas, which is pretty much all of Texas west of the city of West, Texas.

wheelgun1958 wrote:

Yeah, with poor grammar like that, it's hard to tell if they mean West, Texas, a city between Waco and Hillsboro, or the generic locality west Texas, which is pretty much all of Texas west of the city of West, Texas.

However Westfest, the annual celebration of West heritage is probably 51%.

Most states require no permit to carry a holstered handgun openly. Yet incredibly, Texas is one of only 6 states to outright ban open carry!

The Annoyed Man wrote:From the article:

Most states require no permit to carry a holstered handgun openly. Yet incredibly, Texas is one of only 6 states to outright ban open carry!

I'll believe that when I see it in law. I might be wrong, but I'll bet that in most of the other 44 states, open carry will get you arrested on the spot. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this statement of theirs is either a bald faced lie, or GOA's leadership is unbelievably naive. It is partly due to poorly supported and ill-conceived hyperbole like this that I cannot take GAO seriously.

anygunanywhere wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:From the article:

Most states require no permit to carry a holstered handgun openly. Yet incredibly, Texas is one of only 6 states to outright ban open carry!

I'll believe that when I see it in law. I might be wrong, but I'll bet that in most of the other 44 states, open carry will get you arrested on the spot. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this statement of theirs is either a bald faced lie, or GOA's leadership is unbelievably naive. It is partly due to poorly supported and ill-conceived hyperbole like this that I cannot take GAO seriously.

Why do you find this hard to believe? The statement, though not backed by statistics, is true. Most states do not specifically outlaw OC or require a permit to OC. Texas would likely not outlaw it were it not for the reconstruction era modification to our constitution.

The fact that GOA has jumped in the fray that will very likely seal the fate of ever legalizing OC in Texas is truly a shame. The way this is unfolding is a travesty and us Texicans should let those responsible know it.

Anygunanywhere

roberts wrote:I have been to other states where open carry is legal and there's no problems but I think most Texans are too antigun and antifreedom to tolerate the CHOICE to open carry.

roberts wrote:I have been to other states where open carry is legal and there's no problems but I think most Texans are too antigun and antifreedom to tolerate the CHOICE to open carry.

roberts wrote:I have been to other states where open carry is legal and there's no problems but I think most Texans are too antigun and antifreedom to tolerate the CHOICE to open carry.