The great Evergreen state of Washington.longtooth wrote:Agree completely. Your 1st post. Welcome aboard & good thinking. Your last statement was, you folks in Texas, Whar ya from friend?
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- Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:00 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Open Carry
- Replies: 94
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- Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:05 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Open Carry
- Replies: 94
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Folks, I think a few of things to be squared away
First, to everyone, open carry vs. concealed carry is debating the right answers but answering the wrong question. This has absolutely zero to do with tactics and everything to do with choice. I don't like fanny packs, and you aren't catching me in Texas with 110 degree weather trying to conceal my handgun in a shoulder holster or in a SmartCarry rig rubbing me heat raw.
The state of Texas is only one of 5, count them, FIVE states that ban open carry but have a right to carry concealed statute. Most states issue shall-issue permits. Only 7 states ban open carry entirely (5 shall-issue states: AR, TX, OK, SC, FL, 1 may issue state: NY, 1 no license state: IL). TN, IN, ND, GA, IA, MN, UT, CT, NJ(!),HI(!), MD(!)MA(!), RI (with AG License!) all allow open carry with a license to carry a firearm.
I understand that Texas had to give up a lot to get the law passed in 1995, but folks, it's been almost 12 years. Give the people who live in hot weather and don't want to rust out their firearms due to their perspiration a break, ok?
To conclude: Right answers, wrong questions. At the very least, persue making Texas' CHL an "HCL" (handgun carry license) similar to Tennessee and the states above I named. Come on, folks, if NEW JERSEY, MARYLAND, and MASSACHUSETTS LTC holders can open or concealed carry with their licenses, then you folks in Texas can at the very least match them.
The state of Texas is only one of 5, count them, FIVE states that ban open carry but have a right to carry concealed statute. Most states issue shall-issue permits. Only 7 states ban open carry entirely (5 shall-issue states: AR, TX, OK, SC, FL, 1 may issue state: NY, 1 no license state: IL). TN, IN, ND, GA, IA, MN, UT, CT, NJ(!),HI(!), MD(!)MA(!), RI (with AG License!) all allow open carry with a license to carry a firearm.
I understand that Texas had to give up a lot to get the law passed in 1995, but folks, it's been almost 12 years. Give the people who live in hot weather and don't want to rust out their firearms due to their perspiration a break, ok?
To conclude: Right answers, wrong questions. At the very least, persue making Texas' CHL an "HCL" (handgun carry license) similar to Tennessee and the states above I named. Come on, folks, if NEW JERSEY, MARYLAND, and MASSACHUSETTS LTC holders can open or concealed carry with their licenses, then you folks in Texas can at the very least match them.