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by fickman
Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:33 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Petition to Allow Open Carry in Texas
Replies: 76
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Re: Petition to Allow Open Carry in Texas

I want OC and among those who doubt I would use it very often. The principle is important. The options are important.

In an ideal world, we'd have:
- unlicensed concealed carry while in Texas
- unlicensed open carry while in Texas
- inexpensive, accessible licenses for those wanting reciprocity with other states
- no 30.06 law for concealed carry without oral notice (concealed is concealed)
- allow 30.06 law for open carry (respect property rights)
- licensed concealed carry with same rights as off duty / retired LEO
- campus carry
- employer / city / county / public school preemption
- laws that put criminals who use guns away for a long, long time - tripling, quadrupling, or more the minimum sentences for crimes when a firearm is used or when a felon (or other banned person) has possession of a firearm*.

*IMO, when you increase freedom and relax the laws, you need to equally increase the penalty for breaking the laws that remain. I always thought about this when I was in school: in elementary school, there''s a rule for everything. . . but the average punishment is something like a warning or a 5-minute detention after school. By the time you get to high school and college, there are drastically fewer rules, but the punishments for breaking the ones in place get significantly steeper.

We CAN discuss this with civility. I'd encourage the ones who aren't ardent open carry supporters to consider that - just because you may not plan to exercise the right - doesn't mean it's not a valid freedom for somebody else. There are lots of anti's who would deny us concealed carry on the same premise.

I'd most likely use open carry discreetly, like if we were in a restaurant in the winter and I was using a jacket as a cover garment. . . I could remove my jacket while I'm sitting in the booth.

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