Will Texas Finally Pass an Open Carry Law for Concealed Carry Licensees

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Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson was the author of the Texas Concealed Carry Law when he was a state senator. I asked Patterson about the proposed change to allow open carry. "There's no reason Texans who have a CHL shouldn't have the option to carry openly, and I support HB 700," Patterson said. "There are dozens of states that allow open carry, even by non CHL holders, without a problem. It would be reassuring to see someone with an unconcealed sidearm and know that by definition, they're not a criminal."

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A great way to carry! Even prevented a Waffle House from being robbed here in Georgia due to the fact that the criminals saw a law-abiding citizen simply carrying open. They were observed, questioned, and arrested by police while sitting behind the building waiting for the patron to leave.

I kind of think of it like my doctors visit last week. He now has an unarmed, uniformed guard in the waiting room. If I wanted to do something illegal, he wouldn't deter me more than anyone else. If he were armed, however, I'd think twice. Of course, I know there are many ways to look at open versus concealed carry. I believe the main thing was said above, let's support everyone's right to carry as they feel comfortable.
 
Huh, i never knew Texas didnt have an open carry law. Thats crazy because Texas usually has the best laws for handgun owners.

Here in Louisiana we have legal open carry. And we also have CC of course with a permit. So as long as u have a CC permit, u can carry open or concealed. But i really dont see a point in carrying open (in public places), if u already have a CC permit. I always carry open at my camp (a few thousand acres of my private property), but thats about as far as i go with open carry.
 
Since I've been runnin back and too between Texas and Kentucky,

I see a lot of folks wearing a sidearm of some sort just about everywhere.

In Texas I notice plainclothes officers, off duty officers, Constables, Rangers, Special Rangers, Sheriffs andDeputies....

In the Bluegrass, LEs and farmers, cattlemen and just ordinary folks carry for what ever reason.

And you know I have not heard of the first gun grabbin' or any riots, not neither one.

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I'll have to paraphrase this....One time this woman from back east got off'n the train
and Capt. W.W. 'Bill' Sterling was standing near the depot station,
as the she passed by, Capt. Sterling, he tipped his hat to her.

And She said, 'Sir, there is something about a well dressed man carrying a pistol,
that well, just makes a lady feel alot safer.'

Of course that was back when men were men...And women were damn proud of it.

I know there a few left scattered abouts today....But, we aren't near as thick as we used to be!


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We can only hope. In my part of Texas it is really difficult to carry a pistol of any size fully concealed. Much of the year, the only thing that is comfortable is a t-shirt or lightweight fishing shirt and cut off jeans or burmuda shorts. It's just plain to hot and humid. Even in our couple of months of so-called winter, there is often no need for a jacket or coat. The past week our daytime temps have been in the high 70s.
 
Poodle Soup said:
I don't think carrying openly is very intelligent... but the person who is carrying concealed and has their shirt ride up or jacket blown open should not be facing criminal charges either.
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Well, it didn't take long for the anti-OCers to out themselves.

And speaking of intelligence, why don't you go educate yourself so you can discuss it, you know, intelligently, before you open your mouth.

Start here: The Open Carry Argument

And here: Why Open Carry

Have fun.
 
FTG-05 said:
Well, it didn't take long for the anti-OCers to out themselves.

And speaking of intelligence, why don't you go educate yourself so you can discuss it, you know, intelligently, before you open your mouth.

Start here: The Open Carry Argument

And here: Why Open Carry

Have fun.
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Thank you for attacking me. I don't think its the best method for carry, you obviously think different. I should now commence attacking you right?

I HAVE read things on both sides and from personal experience and where I live it IS NOT THE BEST OPTION. And now that anti gun crazies are running everywhere theres a lot of places where it would be just plain STUPID to open carry.

Anti open carry? Not really. I would feel comfortable seeing someone else doing it but I do not like drawing attention to my self. I DON'T want to be confronted by law enforcement, and I DON'T want to be confronted by random idiots who don't agree with my beliefs. The same reason I don't have NRA stickers on my home or car and I don't wear shirts or signs telling people my religion. The less people know... the better.
 
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I live in a small town in a rural county. I don't see a major problem where I live. The sheriff deputies and town cops are not the types that would get upset about open carry, unless you were acting out. Downtown San Antonio, Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth or Houston might be a different story, at least at first. Thankfully, Texas is full of small towns and rural, and people that don't get the vapors at the sight of a firearm.
 
Funny,
there sure are a lot of cowboy movies about our country and they open carried... Our countries history is full of people that open carried... from what I can observe, it looks like it became politically incorrect post WWI, especially in the big urban areas...

just an out loud observance,

Paul
 
I probably would not open carry because it may cause someone to target me first by surprise to take my pistol. Conceal carry allows me to have the benefit of surprise. Being from Texas I will stand behind the right of any Texan or any law abiding American to carry anything they want to strap on or shoulder. Back in my 20's I did not understand give an inch they will take a mile and now that I am longer in tooth I have a new understanding of how people especially opponents to 2a do not understand or will not understand boundaries.
 
BPNovum said:
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson was the author of the Texas Concealed Carry Law when he was a state senator. I asked Patterson about the proposed change to allow open carry. "There's no reason Texans who have a CHL shouldn't have the option to carry openly, and I support HB 700," Patterson said. "There are dozens of states that allow open carry, even by non CHL holders, without a problem. It would be reassuring to see someone with an unconcealed sidearm and know that by definition, they're not a criminal."

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One can only hope sanity prevails and they do NOT vote to allow the general public to strut around carrying AR-15's and Barrett Light 50's.

Concealed carry is AMPLE for anyone who is genuinely interested in self-defense. "Open carry" is all about public intimidation and bullying. Why am I NOT surprised that Tejas is considering it...
 
What's really counter intuitive is that many of the changes began post Civil War, the period of the "wild west". Putting movies aside, many Towns required you to relinquish your firearms to the local authorities while "in Town".

Garand Man said:
Funny,
there sure are a lot of cowboy movies about our country and they open carried... Our countries history is full of people that open carried... from what I can observe, it looks like it became politically incorrect post WWI, especially in the big urban areas...

just an out loud observance,

Paul
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Kilibreaux said:
One can only hope sanity prevails and they do NOT vote to allow the general public to strut around carrying AR-15's and Barrett Light 50's.

Concealed carry is AMPLE for anyone who is genuinely interested in self-defense. "Open carry" is all about public intimidation and bullying. Why am I NOT surprised that Tejas is considering it...
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As a Second Amendment supporter, I stand with and applaud ANY state that passes legislation to advance and protect the rights of ALL law abiding gun owners. The only "surprising" thing to me is that TEXAS is one of the last few remaining states NOT to have some form of "open carry". I conceal and always will, but I will not belittle anyone for carrying any way they choose if they are legally able to do so. I hadn't really thought much about the topic of "open carry", but now that I have I see it in a little different light. Its really not about doing it, but having the legal right to do it if thats your choice. Here's a U.S. open carry map for anyone who hasn't already seen one. Open Carry | OpenCarry.org
 
Kilibreaux said:
One can only hope sanity prevails and they do NOT vote to allow the general public to strut around carrying AR-15's and Barrett Light 50's.
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Rifles are legal....



Kilibreaux said:
Concealed carry is AMPLE for anyone who is genuinely interested in self-defense. "Open carry" is all about public intimidation and bullying. Why am I NOT surprised that Tejas is considering it...
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keep your bias in kalifornistan.
 
Texas and Florida have the same type of law. Unfortunately if someone spots your gun, even by accident, you can be charged with brandishing. Am "open carry" provision would eliminate that. It's not so much to promote open carry as it is to keep people carrying concealed from getting jammed up.
 
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