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frankie_the_yankee wrote:In TX, you are required to declare if you are carrying and show your license. The cop doesn't have to ask.

Here does this information come from? You mean every time I see a cop, I have to run up to him and tell him I'm carrying?

I was under the impression that the only time I had to show my license was when I was asked for it.

We have 1 documented incident is which someone who was open carrying was attacked.

How many incidents have NOT happened because someone was open carrying? Kinda hard to get statistics about a crime that ALMOST happened.

I would like to take my chances with open carry. I would like it to be nationwide and with no restrictions what-so-ever.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:I'm a lot more concerned with making it easy for criminals to blend in with LAC's while carrying guns in public, and the harm that may result from that, than any harm to you from your gun.

That wouldn't bother me because one is not a criminal until a crime has been committed.

In my happy little place, I'd like to think that if BG decided to quit lawfully carrying his gun and use it to do hold someone up, then 10 other lawfully carrying people would then stop Mr. BG with their guns.

Hopefully, Mr. BG would first take into account that over half the people in this establishment are carrying and that his chances of successfully escaping the establishment after committing said crime are very slim.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:OK, so let's try another tack. Do you see a difference between carrying a gun in public and buying a box of donuts?

Yes, Donuts are dangerous to your health if you use them as they are intended. My gun will not cause me any harm no matter how much I carry it or shoot it, as it is intended.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:I'm just trying to figure out where you would draw the line.

I wouldn't draw a line. Why should anyone be allowed to draw a line on freedom?

I think everyone should carry a gun.

I think firearms handling should be taught in public schools.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:If you don't think there is any substantive difference between carrying a gun in public and speaking one's mind on an internet forum, I am quite sure there is nothing I can say that will make that difference evident to you.

See, that's where we differ, I don't see a difference.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:We have it great here in TX with shall issue licensing. IMO, people should appreciate it more.

That I'll agree with. Being a former convict in the Republik of Illinois, I appreciate the ability to be able to defend myself in Texas.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:And as long as the license is shall issue, there is no infringement of 2A rights IMO.

So you're for everyone getting a license to speak their mind on an internet forum and having to pay the state for that "right"?

I mean, it's just a license, right?

I'm all for unlicensed open carry. I'm pretty sure that's what the framers intended with the 2nd amendment.

Ungoverned firearm ownership by anyone.