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jmra wrote:Who's asking permission? Texas is a shall issue state. No one is asking permission. IMHO you are unnecessarily carrying a chip on your shoulder.

Everyone that has a TXCHL has asked permission. Even though Texas is a shall issue state, what did all of us have to go through to get that piece of plastic that, by Texas law, allows us to conceal carry? The fact that TXDPS has the ability to deny us that right means that we asked permission. The fact that we paid the state of Texas for that piece of plastic means we asked permission. The fact that before we received that piece of plastic we would get arrested in public for carrying concealed, means that we asked permission. We asked permission when we offered up all of our information and asked DPS to run their checks, and when we asked DPS to issue us a TXCHL. We should not have to ask for a piece of plastic to conceal or open carry.

o b juan wrote:Why open carry when you may Legally carry Concealed???

Not to get too far off topic, but I am not a big fan of asking permission to exercise my right of self defense (IE getting a CHL). Ideally, we would all be part of a texasconstitutionalcarry.com website, but sadly that doesn't exist (at least in TX). At least for me, open carry is one of the penultimate ways one can exercise their 2nd Amendment rights as well as their basic human right of self defense. I am not saying that open carry doesn't have its drawbacks, but for me it is an idealogical standpoint. I know that there are many others that, even if open carry were allowed, would still carry concealed. Heck, I still carry concealed (I'm currently living in WA where open carry is 100% legal) even though I don't have to. And I still sucked it up and "asked permission" from the state of Washington to do so.
It grinds my gears that I must have to ask permission to exercise both my right to self defense and my uninfringable right to bear arms. We should all get the ability to choose whether or not we open or conceal carry, without asking permission from some government entity. Will people abuse and misuse it? Many will, but the vast majority that choose to, will do so responsibly. I believe that is what our Founding Fathers had in mind. A responsible citizenry taking responsibility for itself and not allowing others to do it for them. And that is why conceal AND open carry should be 110% legal, WITHOUT asking for permission.