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by tobasco
Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:03 am
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Why exactly does Texas not have open carry?
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Re: Why exactly does Texas not have open carry?

I think concealment makes a gun much more powerful as a weapon. If a bad guy wants to do harm he's going to shoot you first. But if he does not know who is armed and who isn't then you have a better chance to stop him. Plus you walk around with a $1000 item on your hip making yourself a target for crime. Field of vision is about what 45%? That means at all times your six is vulnerable, is there a bad guy about to take your gun from behind when you open carry? It has happened. Then what are you going to do, pull your holster on him?

Not to mention that OC just makes most people nervous. I'm about as pro-2nd amendment as you can get and carry my G29 wherever I can but if I were a business owner I would not want openly armed people in my store simply because it would drive away business.

OC just makes no sense from any angle.

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