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Texas Open Carry nearly there

Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by cardboard, May 16, 2011.

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  1. cardboard

    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Approved by a 5-3 vote, CCW license holders won't have to worry about concealed weapons showing an "imprint" under clothing anymore.

    The House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety wants to take the concealed part out of concealed handgun licenses.

    The committee voted 5-3 in favor of a bill that would remove the word concealed from the law that allows Texans to have a handgun license. The so-called "open carry" law would allow license holders to carry their weapons in plain view wherever they would be allowed to carry a concealed handgun. The rules for getting a license would not change.

    Texarkana state Rep. George Lavender authored the bill that was approved Wednesday. In a committee hearing last week, advocates said the law would deter crime. Opponents warned it would create a dangerous and intimidating climate in densely populated cities.

    The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.

    Texas House committee approves open carry of handguns - WeAreAustin.com
    cardboard, May 16, 2011
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    cool!!!
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  4. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    I wished the Oregon legislator dudes had the balls that the Texan legislators have:rolleyes:
    FLHTbiker, May 16, 2011
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    I think that it is going to be a trend.... It will take some time but eventually I think that most of the nation will follow......:rolleyes:
    JohnnyBiker, May 16, 2011
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    You don't know the Oregon legislators who are controlled by a demo Governor who is also a med. doctor. :rolleyes:
    FLHTbiker, May 16, 2011
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    JohnnyBiker Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I commend Texas for doing this....Takes some Nards!!!!!:D
    JohnnyBiker, May 16, 2011
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  8. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Nope WI< IL, OR, NY and similar highly liberal states
    will never approve it, Even though cities like NYC and Chicago
    have some of the toughest gun laws and the worst crime.

    Fools think that their anti personal responsibility safety laws
    protect people when it only criminalizes those who choose
    to protect themselves.

    Idiots..

    My vote is move, take your tax dollars with you to TX or a state
    that meets your beliefs.. then again I did that LOl

    FL is working on it as well, we have cases where overzealous prosecutors
    have tried to jail people for inadvertent display..
    hotroadking, May 17, 2011
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    In the 90's I was on a bridge project on I90 West of Missoula, MT. This was a treat for me after many years of bridge projects in NYC. There wasn't any cussing at each other, yelling or tempers lost in Montana. Unlike NYC where swearing calling names, hanging people over the railings by their ankles, threats of ungodly things etc. When I got back to NYC and mentioned this fact on a project the smart ass said "that's because everyone has guns". Without a blink I replied "it works!" I'd love to see what would happen if handguns became legal in NYC. There would probably be several months of a "flushing out" of the hotheads but after a while the upside is less people and cooler heads! Of course I wouldn't want to be around for that period of time!
    :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:
    Fatboy128, May 17, 2011
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    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    I'd bet you'd see the city become very polite very quickly
    criminals would have to be very selective of the target
    not knowing if the target has a gun to protect themselves

    An armed society is a polite society.
    Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
    author: Robert A. Heinlein
    hotroadking, May 17, 2011
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    Bet there would be a real weeding out for awhile :)
    FLHTbiker, May 17, 2011
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    change of tactics,
    thugs will still be thugs

    People are taught to be afraid of guns
    by uneducated anti gunners, probably
    never had a gun in the home or had a mommy
    that was afraid of them and made dad get
    rid of them... Reading some sob story in
    Readers digest or ACLU Magazine or Oprah or The "narrow minded" View
    hotroadking, May 17, 2011
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    God Bless Texas!
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    FLHTbiker, May 17, 2011
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    :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:
    Is that you firing it?
    Fatboy128, May 18, 2011
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    That's to funny.:roflmao::roflmao:
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Funny but I don't live in Texas, I thought it might be chuck:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:
    FLHTbiker, May 18, 2011
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  19. hotroadking

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    That's why god created moving vans...!
    hotroadking, May 18, 2011
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    Yeah! Especially 'cause you can't get the freakin toy no more in the Happy Meals, that rots. :angry:
    Fatboy128, May 18, 2011
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    Fatboy128 Well-Known Member

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    I just thought that everything West of the Mississippi was texas or Califonicate. :p
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