Morons, all of them -- those that promoted racism through the law and those that didn't dispose of it when they had the opportunity.
ELK-TEX wrote:I agree with KBCraig‘s assessment however OC is protected by the second amendment. Texas law is plainly and unconditionally unconstitutional and should be challenged. I recently moved back home to Texas from 20 years in the DC area as a contractor to the feds. Virginia is an OC state. I held a VA CCL but often open carried. I know it is a bit confusing for some Texans, they somehow think that this is backwards. However many in VA wanted the CCL passed because in winter in the northern VA (it snows there) it is impossible to OC in a heavy coat. With a CCL put on a coat your legal… take it off, your still legal. The attitude in VA about OC is that is what the 2nd. amendment is about. VA is one of the original thirteen colonies and the home of many of the framers of the Bill of Rights. As you know recently the SCOTUS reaffirmed the Second Amendment as an individual right. As understood by most Virginians and by me... the original intent of the Bill of Rights was to affirm rights granted by God and “shall not be infringed” by government… free speech, the right to assemble, redress of grievances, freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms among the 1st and 2nd. Wearing a gun on your hip in plain sight is a normal way to "bear" a pistol. Virginians were often jaw dropping shocked to find OC was illegal in Texas. They would ask, "How is that possible to outlaw a constitutional right?" I could only shrug. I did not know then and I sure do not know now. It was kind of embarrassing. Yet upon my return to Texas I had to give up my constitutional right to OC. I could no longer openly carry my pistol on my hip. As my beloved state of Texas is one of only six of the 50 that outlaws open carry. In Virginia as far as Open Carry, no license is required for a God given and constitutionally protected right. We Texans have all been lead to believe that Open Carry being illegal was "normal". It is NOT! It is an aboration and a violation of the Constitution... it is a simple as that.