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I've had a few things to say regarding my opinion of OC before. No need to rehash.

Could it happen some day? Yes. Would I make use of it? Maybe. Here's the thing. I believe there are other things that need fixed and just may make an inroad to OC.

1. The 'parking lot' law. This needs to get fixed. As an example, there are colleges that having a firearm on campus is not a problem. How? Having the firearm in a vehicle is not considered having it on campus. On campus begins at the door of a building. The campuses are considered 'open with public access'. How is this ANY different from a parking lot of the XYZ Company?

After it is seen that allowing them (firearms) in employee's vehicles WILL NOT create any problems, it is just one more brick out of the wall. Now the president of the XYZ Company may not see it that way, but I believe statistics will make him a liar.

2. carry restrictions. Governor Perry, not long after the Virginia Tech incident, made the statement that CHL folks should be able to carry anywhere they wanted. As we all know, a CHL'd person is not the problem. Basically, a CHL person should be able to carry anywhere a LEO does.

I read on this forum somewhere, there was proposal for the 2009 legislative session being worked on that would take care of some (or all?) of
these concerns.

Of course, #2 on my list will pretty much take care of #1. Either or both of these get passed, and we are a bit closer to OC further down the road. I don't have a problem with OC, I just don't want to see it bring about any further restrictions before some other things are handled that will bring about greater benefit first.

/flameshield on