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Mr. Cotton:

Thank you for your reply and explanation. As Shorts indicated, corresponded was used intentionally; and your reference to such correspondence with Alice Tripp is evidence enough. I agree the post you reference was unimpressive and I believe if you read the replies you will see I also made a recommendation for a different course of action. The” I’ll take my football and go home” attitude will not take any of us very far; but if we are honest with ourselves there also appears to be somewhat of a “If you don’t play by our rules, we do not want to play with you” attitude which also has its downfalls. That’s why I suggested we all try to work together to pull out whatever synergy is available.

I understand and appreciate your explanations for preparation and planning. And in concept and even in practice, I agree – though my agreement is irrelevant. However, after working many years in both domestic and international business I have also come to appreciate agility and flexibility. My experience is change is not constant as some have indicated, but rather accelerating at a rapid pace. And though rapid reaction can be uncomfortable, it is often times necessary to maximize the opportunity. It is typically not practical to eliminate all risk before engaging in an opportunity; else the window of opportunity may close. It is usually more effective to take advantage of the open window and manage the mitigation of the risks.

Regardless, my original suggestion was simply that all try to work together to further everyone’s cause. If that is not possible, then so be it (though I must admit I am still not convinced this is impossible).

Personally, I will do what I can to support the NRA, TSRA, and OCDO legislative agendas.

Good Day and God Bless.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

Conagher wrote:Hello Mr. Cotton.

I am new to your forum. I am a CHL for nine years and support open carry.

I would like to make a recommendation to address your concerns with open carry (bill writing, impact to CHL, etc,):

Give the OpenCarry guys a call and see if you can work out an understanding. I am sure you all are great guys and fundamentally have the same values and beliefs. My bet is you guys could work out a win-win situation to benefit all. It would be really nice to read your next post that started out as:

“Hey, I talked to Mike and John over at OpenCarry.org and we agreed to …”

Their contact information is:

OpenCarry.org co-founders:
John Pierce: John@OpenCarry.org - (276) 206-9615
Mike Stollenwerk: Mike@Opencarry.org - (703) 945-0824

Have a nice day and God Bless.

Welcome to TexasCHLforum and thanks for joining. Since neither TSRA nor NRA have taken a position on open-carry, I cannot get involved. I am on the NRA Board of Directors and I am Vice-Chairman of the TSRA Legislative Committee. It wouldn't matter how often or how loudly I proclaimed that I was doing this in my individual capacity and not as a representative of either of those organizations, no one would believe it.

Chas.

Thanks for the welcome and the reply. Not to challenge your reply but I am not sure I understand your response. I was thinking your original concern appeared to be reducing the risk of an "anit-gunner's dream" bill being submitted. Avoiding this seems to me to be in the best interest of the TSRA and the NRA. To my knowledge, neither organization has come out against open carry. I know J. Dark and A. Tripp have both corresponded with OpenCarry.org representatives. Still seems to me there is something to gain by all working together, but maybe I'm missing something.

Hello Mr. Cotton.

I am new to your forum. I am a CHL for nine years and support open carry.

I would like to make a recommendation to address your concerns with open carry (bill writing, impact to CHL, etc,):

Give the OpenCarry guys a call and see if you can work out an understanding. I am sure you all are great guys and fundamentally have the same values and beliefs. My bet is you guys could work out a win-win situation to benefit all. It would be really nice to read your next post that started out as:

“Hey, I talked to Mike and John over at OpenCarry.org and we agreed to …”

Their contact information is:

OpenCarry.org co-founders:
John Pierce: John@OpenCarry.org - (276) 206-9615
Mike Stollenwerk: Mike@Opencarry.org - (703) 945-0824

Have a nice day and God Bless.