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Mike1951 wrote:I can think of no other state that would have had as much attention drawn from both sides.

It will be more popular than gay marriage in Massachusetts!

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

SA-TX wrote:Why would it be here? All available evidence suggests that it wouldn't.

There is absolutely no evidence that Texans or Texas LEOs will not respond negatively to open-carry. (Yeah I know, a double negative.) The only evidence on Texans' response to liberalizing a longstanding prohibition on carrying handguns is the response to the original concealed-carry law from 1995 until we were forced to change the law (setting up TPC §30.06) in 1997.

There are people stopped by the police for "driving while black" but that doesn't mean Americans should condone laws that allow cops to enforce their opinions instead of the law. I think the way to fix the problem is educating the police and then discipline any cops who won't obey the law. In extreme cases, I think jail is an appropriate penalty for a pattern of civil rights violations.