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TxRVer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:47 am

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 1:44 pm

Jusme wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:06 am
There will always be those who do none of these things, whether they are LTC holders or not. But there are also a lot of people who vote without doing any research into the candidates. People who exercise their right of free speech to espouse things that are abhorrent to decent people.

My point is, we can hope and pray that everyone will exercise their rights responsibly, but we cannot withhold them, due to those who do not do so. JMHO

This. I work elections and I cringe at how unprepared people are to vote when they show up at the polls. I would really like to sent them home to do some more homework. But they are exercising their right to cast a ballot and neither I nor anyone like me should stand in their way. I feel the same about firearms.

They can do more damage with a vote than with a gun.

cirus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:25 pm

ScottDLS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:08 pm

cirus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:44 pm

ScottDLS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:29 pm It's already been done. Check out the web page of the group who shall not be named (Voldemort). The outcome is they ask you to leave, and you either leave or get arrested. The point is, permitless carry for long guns already exists in Texas. A previous post said "go all the way and let you carry an AR-15". Well you already can (legally) carry long guns (and SBR's, and machineguns, and short shotguns) open or concealed and nothing has happened. Why not handguns like the other 24 states?

Machine guns? Full autos are illegal without a license. I wanna see you carry a SAW into Walmart Like you say you will be asked to leave or be arrested so at best all you might be able to do is walk down the street with it. Won't be able to enter any business so basically you can't carry it anywhere.

Machine guns are not illegal "without a license". They are illegal if they are not registered in accordance with the National Firearms Act of 1934. I own two. One of which is quite concealable (a small submachinegun). The other one has a folding stock and an 11.5 BBL and is concealable in a backpack. Neither one is considered a handgun in Texas, so they do not require a license to carry in public. I don't know what the fascination with Walmart is, but they have generally made it known that they don't want open carry of handguns in their stores, though they don't post 30.07 signs. Other stores that do allow open carry would probably be OK with my subgun, which is about the size of an AR15 pistol, but heavier. If I wanted to carry though, I'd conceal in a backpack. The point is, why is permitless handgun carry such a stretch in Texas, when permitless long gun and other firearm carry has been legal for a long time?

Walmart is just an example. You say if you wanted to carry you'd conceal in a backpack. Why not open carry? What I'm saying is while it may be legal its frowned upon and when someone calls in on you walking through WALMART or wherever you'll have the law on you.