The Iratollah is right. Nobody needs to open carry a handgun in Texas. You can carry your hunting rifle or shotgun openly and the long gun will certainly offer you the same or better protection than a handgun. Because the long gun is better protection, I think the concealed gun law should be repealed in 2009. If someone wants to carry a gun for self defense they should carry a long gun openly instead of hiding a pistol in their pants like a criminal.
iratollah wrote:Like I said in another thread, OC proponents should start carrying their long guns around to condition the general public to be comfortable when law abiding citizens go about their daily business openly carrying weapons. Perhaps you can be one of the first to walk into Walmart with a shotgun slung over your shoulder. I'm not aware of any laws that will violate and you can be the one to take the Wally Walk to the next level. Wearing a pistol will be very unintimidating to John Q. Public once they are used to seeing riot guns and EBRs openly carried, and the latter are legal to open carry today.