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TX:Governor Elect Abbot says he will sign Constitutional Carry if it Comes to his Desk
Gun Watch ^ | 14 November, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 11/18/2014 3:53:58 PM PST by marktwain




Governor elect Greg Abbot said that he supported open carry when he was running for governor.   Some said that he did not mean it.  Shortly after he was elected, he took the time to re-iterate his support for an open carry reform, saying that he would sign such a reform if it came to him from the legislature.   He said:  If it is good enough for Massachusetts, it is good enough for Texas.
“If open carry is good enough for Massachusetts, it's good enough for the state of Texas,” Abbott said.
Now he has solidified and expanded his remarks, making it clear that he will sign *any* open carry reform sent to him.   These remarks strengthen the case for constitutional carry a great deal.   Its opponents can no longer claim that it would not be supported by the Governor elect.   Five states now have constitutional carry, and bills have passed in others, only to be stymied by a hostile governor's veto, such as in Utah by Governor Herbert in 2013, even though it passed by over a 2-1 margin. 

Greg Abbott has said that will not happen in Texas. From ktrh.com:
Another issue facing the incoming Governor is the one involving open carry in Texas. Abbott supports it, and there will be a choice for lawmakers to make between open carry and Constitutional carry.

“There will be robust debate between the two. I will sign whichever bill comes to my desk,” Abbott stated.
Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina has also said that she would support constitutional carry, in February of this year.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: abbot; banglist; constitutionalcarry; texas
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To: Secret Agent Man

revocable, oops


21 posted on 11/18/2014 5:19:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marktwain

Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Jay`s 1794 Treaty between Great Britain and U.S. defines the term “arms’ of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution of only 3 years earlier and lists them each by name:

“Jay’s Treaty — 1794
Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation

Concluded November 19, 1794; ratification advised by the senate with amendment June 24, 1795; ratified by the President; ratifications exchanged October 28, 1795; proclaimed February 29, 1796

“ARTICLE XVIII.

In order to regulate what is in future to be esteemed contraband of war,
it is agreed that under the said denomination shall be comprised all arms and implements serving for the purposes of war, by land or sea, such as cannon, muskets, mortars, petards, bombs, grenades, carcasses, saucisses, carriages for cannon, musketrests, bandoliers, gunpowder, match, saltpetre, ball, pikes, swords, headpieces, cuirasses, halberts, lances, javelins, horsefurniture, holsters, belts, and generally all other
implements of war,”

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/jaytreaty/text.html


22 posted on 11/18/2014 5:22:06 PM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: bunkerhill7
horsefurniture,

I know my saddle is heavy, and has a scabbard, but I never figured it as an arm.

/johnny

23 posted on 11/18/2014 6:08:09 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: marktwain

Awesome! Great sign from the new gov.


24 posted on 11/18/2014 6:13:47 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: JRandomFreeper

LOL


25 posted on 11/18/2014 6:15:10 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: marktwain

Hope it happens and thousands are exercising open carry in the state capitol. This will make the Austin libs heads explode.


26 posted on 11/18/2014 6:17:03 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: TADSLOS

A lot of even Austin libs are pro Second Amendment, even though they don’t vote like it.
I think now is the time for Texas to go all the way with as much pro carry legislation possible and constitutional carry.
That includes removing the restrictions on where guns can be carried.


27 posted on 11/18/2014 6:24:58 PM PST by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Cargo pants and shorts are great for conceal carry


28 posted on 11/18/2014 6:26:46 PM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: lormand
Not so much if you have a 36" waist. Give up. Concealed with anything bigger than a .22 Jennings is STUPID for me.

I won't carry a purse, it clashes with my beard.

I want Constitutional open carry.

/johnny

29 posted on 11/18/2014 6:30:58 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Open carry will scare the crap out of liberals thinking of moving here.


30 posted on 11/18/2014 6:37:51 PM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: lormand
Good.

/johnny

31 posted on 11/18/2014 6:41:46 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

My GG grandfather`s Morgan Charger was armed and dangerous at Appomattox under Custer.


32 posted on 11/18/2014 6:48:13 PM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: bunkerhill7
That was a little before my time. I'm just wondering what of my horsefurniture could be considered an 'Arm'.

/johnny

33 posted on 11/18/2014 6:50:14 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: bunkerhill7

My Great-Grandfather was smart. He spent the war in the Union Navy.

He drowned about 35 years later during a log drive down the Mississippi (near Minneapolis) at age 65.


34 posted on 11/18/2014 7:13:43 PM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

“Not so much if you have a 36” waist. Give up. Concealed with anything bigger than a .22 Jennings is STUPID for me.”

I hear the Ruger LCP is nice. It is about that size...

I love the constitutional carry we fought for and have here in Arizona. Come one in, the water is fine!


35 posted on 11/18/2014 7:15:30 PM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain

Gettin’ late. one in should be on in.


36 posted on 11/18/2014 7:16:40 PM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain
I want a full-size 1911. I'll work for open carry.

/johnny

37 posted on 11/18/2014 7:16:54 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Squantos

I love Alaska and Arizona.


38 posted on 11/18/2014 7:18:35 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

We worked hard for it here in Arizona, and it was worth every hour, every penny, and every drop of sweat.

Some people I know of ended up with unearned felonies and years in jail in the process. That still burns.


39 posted on 11/18/2014 7:20:06 PM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

....unless state I travel thru don’t I need a CHL for reciprocity.....


40 posted on 11/18/2014 8:51:00 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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