It's all a matter of perspective because it didn't make it worse for me at all. Again I have yet to see a business I frequent put up any new signs and most of them now allow open carry. I live in DFW Area and my life has not gotten worse for me at all with OC. Plenty of large chains are supporting the law in Texas as they all should be doing.baldeagle wrote:I don't have a dog in this fight. I will never OC. I think it's stupid to tip my hand to criminals. But I am old enough to sit back, read and think about things before responding. And here's what I see. Some people are reporting locations that have never had signs before now posting both 30.07 and 30.06. So now they can't carry where they used to be able to. The response of the OC crowd? Oh, they're probably false reports. Or oh, you're exaggerating. Or oh, chill out. It's no big deal. The exact same response we got before OC passed when people expressed concerns about heightened scrutiny of signs. IOW, it's the expression of a belief or position, not an expression of evidence.
It won't affect me much. I'm retired. I seldom go out, and when I do, I'm always carrying concealed. If some place has put up 30.06 signs now, I'll adjust and go somewhere else. What irks me is that people can protest loudly about how they support the 2nd Amendment, but when the rubber meets the road they never give a second's thought to how their actions impact the other ONE MILLION people who also carry. They're all about me, me, me. This business has no right to question me for carrying a gun, they say in a huff. Well, sorry, but you're ignorant. There's no other way to put it. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.
Just today I saw someone arguing that there's a difference between private clubs and public businesses, and public businesses have no right to question them about their LTC. No. You're ignorant. You don't understand the law.
At least for now, OC has made things much worse for gun owners, and they can thank the so-called activists, who chose public confrontation over the tried and true method of working within the legislature. Whether that will improve in the future remains to be seen. But the only victory activists can claim here is a hollow one. Now you can strut around with your gun on your hip in a rapidly decreasing number of places, and you took down the entire one million licensees with you. Congratulations on your "victory".
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- Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: I now regret that OC passed
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Re: I now regret that OC passed
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: I now regret that OC passed
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Re: I now regret that OC passed
I don't use the website and I don't know if a location is verified before it is actually added. Seems to me if only one report of a location is needed there are those that could post false reports of sinage for any number of nefarious reasons. I am not saying this is happening but it could happen without some type of verification process.nightmare69 wrote:The first 2 days I must of got half a dozen notifications from Texas3006 for new postings in my city. Been a few every couple of days also.Right2Carry wrote:Other states don't have a problem and I have yet to see a new sign anywhere yet. I am starting to think there are a lot of false reports being generated by those with an agenda. Just my opinion. I still think it's much ado over nothing since it's only 5 days into it.
the number of new postings compared to the number of businesses in Texas is bound to be minuscule at best. This is all an over reaction by people who refuse to let things settle out and give it a chance.
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: I now regret that OC passed
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Re: I now regret that OC passed
Other states don't have a problem and I have yet to see a new sign anywhere yet. I am starting to think there are a lot of false reports being generated by those with an agenda. Just my opinion. I still think it's much ado over nothing since it's only 5 days into it.