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LSUTiger wrote:

hovercat wrote:I wish that the amendment would stay. The big advantage I see in OC is normalizing seeing a citizen carrying a firearm. As a practical, effective, but out of the way tool. I do not want places like Austin to be questioning OC, because that is detrimental. And even a lawsuit to stop continuous harassment is not good PR.
I would rather see OC perceived as the mark of someone who society has determined, by issuing a license, to be trustworthy. Unlicensed OC will wait until that perception builds.
If OC is often stopped, to the point where it is avoided, it will become like long gun OC. Not done in polite society. I like the LGOC law, use it about every year walking from camp down the road to where I enter the woods hunting public land. But it is unnecessary in the city, would be an uncomfortable PITA, and if I crave attention wearing a clown hat is easier. I do not want OC to be seen that way, and police stops, and public avoidance, would make it that way.

I agree with your assessment of OC as a way to normalize seeing guns and feel your frustration. I am whole heartedly for anything than furthers the original founding fathers idea of 2A "shall not be infringed", I think most of us on the forum are, but I am happy to "take what I can get" and then keep trying to get more as OC becomes normalized. But for it to become normalized it has to become law first in some form.

hovercat wrote:I wish that the amendment would stay. The big advantage I see in OC is normalizing seeing a citizen carrying a firearm. As a practical, effective, but out of the way tool. I do not want places like Austin to be questioning OC, because that is detrimental. And even a lawsuit to stop continuous harassment is not good PR.
I would rather see OC perceived as the mark of someone who society has determined, by issuing a license, to be trustworthy. Unlicensed OC will wait until that perception builds.
If OC is often stopped, to the point where it is avoided, it will become like long gun OC. Not done in polite society. I like the LGOC law, use it about every year walking from camp down the road to where I enter the woods hunting public land. But it is unnecessary in the city, would be an uncomfortable PITA, and if I crave attention wearing a clown hat is easier. I do not want OC to be seen that way, and police stops, and public avoidance, would make it that way.

martytcp wrote:

safety1 wrote:bouncing all around on the "items eligible list"

It's a moving target, pun intended.

martytcp wrote:SB11 just referred to conf committee.

bauerdj wrote:I must admit to being much more interested in what is going to happen then who is responsible for what has taken place so far. There will be plenty of time to worry where to place the blame when the session is over, for the present can anybody give us some idea as to what is going to happen on SB11 and HB910 and what the timeframe is likely to be.

K.Mooneyham wrote:I'm with those who want to just get this OC law on the books. It can always be "cleaned up" later if it turns out that there are problems or issues with how things are going.

v7a wrote:

Beiruty wrote:As it is a crime to drive a car without a driver's license, the mere observation of person driving a car is an articulated suspicion for LEO to stop the suspect and check his driver's license.

No, it is not.