As I noted last week, Rep. George Levander has re-introduced his bill to allow CHL holders to also open carry (HB-700).
As the federal government moves forward on its plans to tighten gun restrictions, Texas lawmakers are proposing legislation to expand gun rights in the state.
The latest proposal is HB 700 filed Thursday by state Rep. George Lavender, R-Texarkana, that would allow individuals with concealed handgun licenses to carry weapons in plain view on a belt or shoulder holster.
“For some it is a matter of personal safety, for others it is simply a convenience/personal preference issue,” said Lavender, who carried similar legislation that failed last session. He added others view it as a constitutional issue.
As y’all know, I’m strongly in favor of this bill being passed. For a number of reasons.
- First and foremost, because I believe that the prohibition of open carry clearly violates the “shall not infringe” component of the second amendment.
- Under current law, CHL holders can be prosecuted and lose their right to carry concealed if their handgun is inadvertently exposed.
- Sometimes concealing your handgun is simply not feasible or easy to do. Given Texas’ hot summers, it would be much easier to wear a shoulder rig over a t-shirt or on our hip rather than trying to conceal with bulky garments.
- It’s currently legal, in some form, in 44 states. And all of the fears of “wild-west shootouts” have proven to be unfounded. And, despite what bed-wetting nancy boys (also called “liberals”) claim, the site of law-abiding citizens openly carrying in public is a deterrent to bad guys who might otherwise have evil intentions.
Me? I already mostly carry in an OWB holster, covered by long, untucked work shirts. I’d continue to carry mostly OWB, but now could also wear t-shirts, tucked in button downs, or any other shirt I wanted without fear of exposing my handgun.
During my interview with Gen. Attorney Greg Abbott, I asked him about open carry, and he believes that a prohibition against it does indeed violate the second amendment. Matt Dowling, who also interviewed Gen. Abbott that day, asked him to simply respond with yes or not to the question, “Do you support open carry?” Gen. Abbott responded in the affirmative.
Even if you have no interest in open carry, please call your state Rep and ask them to support this bill.
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I, IWB with tee untucked which has worked well for me out here all year round in Texas. The upside, if HB 700 became law, would be less stress about ‘being made’ by some sheeple, I guess? The downside could be even more 30.06 signs which would suck?
OT: I noticed recently (pre-Sandy Hook) that IKEA and Time Warner’s RR office on N. Mays have 30.06′s posted now.
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I hope it passes too, but am not optimistic as long as the turd Strauss is in charge.
Here is an interesting exchange at a city council meeting in Oak Harbor, Washington, where a bed wetting member of the council walks out because of a citizen with a legal concealed weapon is in attendance. Personally, I wouldn’t have been forth coming with the information as the citizen was, but kudos to the Mayor.
Double kudos – this Mayor needs to run Chicago!!!!!
Mr. No2freedom, of course you are pessimistic. That is your MO. I’m not writing in response to this issue, although I am in favor of the ban and against any policy that limits our second amendment (or any of our freedoms). I’m a libertarian. Freedom is my thing. I’m writing because, oddly, I thought of you when I heard the announcement that women will have the freedom to serve in the military in the capacity of their choice. Just like the end of DADT gives other Americans the freedom to serve.
Here’s my theory: you support a women’s freedom to serve on the front lines in combat role, because you are ex-military and, since you are not attracted to women, they would not be a distraction. But you are against homosexuals having the freedom to serve…
Not that there is anything wrong with that. I respect you regardless. I just want you to know that I understand.
“With Liberty and Justice for All”
Wes Ven Johnson
Once again, the LIBertarian speaks to that which he knows not.
I was going to write a quick reply RE: women in combat, though it’s a bit off topic for this post. So I instead wrote a stand-alone post on the topic.
But bottom line: this move by Panetta is not about “gender equality” or “equal rights.”
It grants women the choice to serve in combat units. Which means they also have the choice NOT to serve in those units. A choice NOT afforded to their male counterparts.
Additionally, women are not held to the same physical training standards that their male counterparts are held to. I’ve served in a medical company with a lot of women. The majority of whom were not physically capable of doing the job required a combat medic attached to an infantry unit.
The front lines of combat is not the place for social engineering for “feel good” Liberal politics.
They mayor in the video is a real American upholding his oath, unlike ANY of the Reptards and Demtards in DC today.
Yah gotta love DiFi…NOT
“Put simply, we cannot allow the rights of a few to override the safety of all. That is not the America that our founding fathers envisioned. And that is not the America I want my children and grandchildren to live in.”
Dianne Feinstein, Congressional Record for 1/24/2013 page S291
She said that on the floor when introducing the bill.
Now for my response…posted almost everywhere I hang out…
Note to Whinestine and her friends..
Wow. Really? Why you lying, despotic, pernicious harridan! The Rights enumerated in the Constitution are not GRANTED by the Constitution , they are PROTECTED by the Constitution. Oh and they aren’t the Rights of a FEW, you imbecilic goat faced harpy! They are the Rights of EVERY American to exercise, or not as they see fit!
They are not for the likes of you, you hair covered, puss filled boil on a gorillas backside, to infringe, encroach, contravene or otherwise place limits upon; you odiferous, gaseous excretion from a cows anal sphincter. Be gone you spawn of the unclean coupling of a camel and a disease ridden whore who would dally with whatever beast crossed her path. Go back to the refuse pit you were birthed in. Leave us and plague us with your foul mouthings no more.
Hmmm I should probably preface this with a “Don’t be chewing or drinking anything while your reading this” warning, shouldn’t I? Naahhhhh
Well said Sean from Houston. That treacherous baffoon needs to be out of office and locked up. The filth she spews from her mouth are the words of a domestic terrorist.