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See also:Texas gov candidate Wendy Davis supports open carry law
Published February 06, 2014Associated Press
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AUSTIN, Texas – The Wild West tradition of openly carrying your six-shooter on the street has long been banned by many cities in Texas. But the state's next governor could change that.
Rising Democratic star and gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has joined her top Republican rival in supporting a proposed "open carry" law. It would allow people with concealed handgun licenses to wear a pistol on their hip, in full view, while in public.
]Davis has said she supports expanding gun rights in Texas. But in a statement to The Associated Press, she said that includes open-carry -- a position that puts her at odds with her own party but could keep her from alienating gun rights advocates in a deeply conservative a state where the Second Amendment is sacrosanct.....
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Having warded off 2 road-rage incidents with nothing but carrying a gun openly, I support OC. Which ever way this election goes, I hope Texas can join the OC community sooner than later. Think what you will about OC vs. CC, but people should be free to make their own choice imo.
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Having warded off 2 road-rage incidents with nothing but carrying a gun openly, I support OC. Which ever way this election goes, I hope Texas can join the OC community sooner than later. Think what you will about OC vs. CC, but people should be free to make their own choice imo.
Texas is one on the most repressive states in the country, on everything...
hell even in the namby pamby liberal state of Washington we can open carry with no license, and a concealed license is only 50 bucks, no training required, strict shall issue law.
Not on everything. They have strong right to work laws and no state income tax. I do agree that their ignoring of the meaning of the 2A should be stopped; it is "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" instead of two distinct rights applicable only to handguns.
She's not a Texan (born in RI), she lied about much of her past (or manipulated the facts), after her second husband cashed in his 401 to pay for her education expenses she divorced him (gold digger), and she's using the OC thing as a political ploy. There's no way this fake blond Leftist likes guns at all.
I'm not going to get into the economic debate as it's out of thread topic, although we have no income tax here either... in fact a liberal group tried putting one up to the ballot a few years ago and it was trounced.... it's a non starter issue..
Texas has strict gun regulation, I think the Texas Family code, is another example of their overreach..... the documented problems with their death row system, their courts uphold all kinds of searches and seizures that would never be considered most places else... it just seems the kind of cases i read coming out of there, is just ludicrous, all kinds of things happen that would never be considered up here....
She's not a Texan (born in RI), she lied about much of her past (or manipulated the facts), after her second husband cashed in his 401 to pay for her education expenses she divorced him (gold digger), and she's using the OC thing as a political ploy. There's no way this fake blond Leftist likes guns at all.
I said the choice should be free. I said nothing about the permit. In my state, and others, you can OC without a permit. I wish the whole nation were like that.Um, how is requiring paying about $240 for a state issued, constitutional right rental permit "free"? A Texas driving permit, for adding a mere state issued privilege, which includes training materials, the photo ID document, and the law/road test is $24. It is high time that we reassess what freedom means; we have our full set of constitutional rights unless and until they are taken away after due process of law. The moronic concept that we must now prove ourselves worthy, in the eyes of our gov't masters, to obtain individual constitutional rights seems a bit short of freedom.
Incident 1: Late 2012. I pulled out of a car wash onto a somewhat busy main road. A white car behind me immediately honked. I guess they thought I had just cut them off. If I did it wasn't intentional. Anyway as I drive down the road they begin tailgating me. I let off the gas and my car starts slowing down. Usually this works with tailgaters. Not this time. We got up to a red light, cars on all sides of me. I locked my door, unholstered my Colt and set it on my lap (this is illegal in states where you cannot OC) When traffic came to a stop, the passenger of the white car tailgating me (an early to mid 20s white male with a thick jacket and turned DC cap) got out and approached my driver door. I waved my hand and then pat the Colt sitting on my lap. He immediately jogged back to his car and they went a different direction with the green light.Warded off 2 road-rage incidents by openly carrying? What did you wave it around while driving her car? Did you show it to the other driver once they stopped? I'm curious for some details....
I generally agree --- sounds like she's scrounging for votes to me and what hot button issue will rile up the Texans? Guns of course! So blatant and obvious....
GOP voters in Texas will never vote for Davis.I generally agree --- sounds like she's scrounging for votes to me and what hot button issue will rile up the Texans?
Guns of course! So blatant and obvious....
As almost anybody can buy a weapon and legally carry it via a token permit process, gun owners are no more, and no less likely to be mature, intelligent or otherwise awesome than non gun owners. Nothing demonstrates this more than Dunn (loud music) and the Popcorn shooter.We have to show society how awesome us gun owners are.
Some states are quirky that way. For example, New Hampshire is one of the most gun friendly states in the nation. It has also gone democrat in recent elections.That's amazing, and I thought Washington to be a rather liberal state.
Oh, I think this is exactly what she's doing. But to what point? Conservative Texans won't be fooled, I'll bet, and will Davis's ardent fan base be pleased?
GOP voters in Texas will never vote for Davis.
Gun liberals will now turn on her and may sit this one out.
The MSM was duped in the trashing of Davis as a golddigger.
The GOP has their ducks lined up for another 2010 sweep .
All I can see is desperation. She sure did take a hit from her bad press. Appealing to gun owners in Texas is usually a gimme, but maybe there are demographics on the ground telling her team to try it. :shrug:
Texas is one on the most repressive states in the country, on everything...
hell even in the namby pamby liberal state of Washington we can open carry with no license, and a concealed license is only 50 bucks, no training required, strict shall issue law.
Unless one is a police officer, open carry is just an invitation to knock you in the head and steal your gun.
Besides, I'd rather criminals think everybody is carrying.
:shoot
Unless one is a police officer, open carry is just an invitation to knock you in the head and steal your gun.
Besides, I'd rather criminals think everybody is carrying.
:shoot
I personally think anyone open carrying is compensating for something, and is pretty much a dumbass, but I think it should be legal.
Also, if I were a violent criminal intent on causing harm, it would be really convenient to know which douchebag I should shoot first.
edit: And if it were in Florida, I could just say I felt my life was in danger and I'd be acquitted!
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