Exactly!! Even if you get the backing to pass such legislation you would be in a argument for who knows how long over the wording. I wish it were legal here, it has a ton of benefits that I think as Texans you would all love. I certainly miss not being able to OC.jester wrote:Excellent point. States with more of a pro-gun tradition never had our complete ban on normal citizens carrying handguns. We're fighting an uphill battle in Texas and we have to continue fighting it..30calSolution wrote:I don't think Texas would ever get the legislation passed to OC. The problem is that the states that currently have legality to OC have always been that way, meaning that they didn't have to pass a law to OC.
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- Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Open Carry
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Re: Open Carry
- Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Open Carry
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Re: Open Carry
I don't think Texas would ever get the legislation passed to OC. The problem is that the states that currently have legality to OC have always been that way, meaning that they didn't have to pass a law to OC. Laws are written to tell you what not to do and not what you can do. Seeing as how Ohio never had a law that said a person couldn't carry a firearm openly meant that we could just do it and no one could prove to us that what we were doing was illegal.
After years of MWAG calls and citizens being harassed,disarmed and illegally detained we finally got the AG to put in writing that OC'ing was a legal activity and doing so was not reasonable cause, but it didn't stop uneducated citizens,dispatchers or LEO from calling or stopping us and giving us trouble. Many Ohio citizens exercising their 2A rights were stopped,harassed,dis-armed and detained for OC'ing.
This always resulted in a lawsuit against the agency,city and mayor to which the answer was a refresher course on the law(for the officers) and a big check written to the OC'er on the taxpayers dime.
We hoped that eventually it would do some good in the state but it just didn't work, it is slowly improving however.
Edit: The single biggest benefit to having the ability to OC legally was that you never had to worry about your shirt riding up. It was also nice that when you pulled into the nearest petrol refill station you could hop out in OC mode and fill your car up and then walk in and buy a cold beverage, or 12, and then leave and never have to bat an eyelash over it, heck most people never even noticed to be honest. I've done a whole shopping trip at wally world before and never had one person glare at it.
After years of MWAG calls and citizens being harassed,disarmed and illegally detained we finally got the AG to put in writing that OC'ing was a legal activity and doing so was not reasonable cause, but it didn't stop uneducated citizens,dispatchers or LEO from calling or stopping us and giving us trouble. Many Ohio citizens exercising their 2A rights were stopped,harassed,dis-armed and detained for OC'ing.
This always resulted in a lawsuit against the agency,city and mayor to which the answer was a refresher course on the law(for the officers) and a big check written to the OC'er on the taxpayers dime.
We hoped that eventually it would do some good in the state but it just didn't work, it is slowly improving however.Edit: The single biggest benefit to having the ability to OC legally was that you never had to worry about your shirt riding up. It was also nice that when you pulled into the nearest petrol refill station you could hop out in OC mode and fill your car up and then walk in and buy a cold beverage, or 12, and then leave and never have to bat an eyelash over it, heck most people never even noticed to be honest. I've done a whole shopping trip at wally world before and never had one person glare at it.