Posted on 07/26/2008 4:54:09 AM PDT by marktwain
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They must dig hard to come up with people willing to make statements such as this!
Same old argument almost verbatim every time a gun control law is relaxed and it NEVER happens. 22 states today have some form of "open carry" and there is no "wild , wild west" shootouts. What idiot would think Texas having an open carry provision would make it that way???? Texas was supposed to have blood in the streets when "everybody" could carry concealed. It still ain't happenin'!
Show off your custom holster ping.
This looks like a BBQ gun post to me.
This is a dumb statement- the law in Texas provides for use of deadly force in preventing loss life whether it be yours or another's, to stop crimes in progress or prevent loss of property/ end tresspass (with certain provisions) among others: http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/PE/content/htm/pe.002.00.000009.00.htm
Carrying concealed or open should make no difference to the law. However, it should be a personal choice. Some say they do not want a bad guy to know they are armed so as to make them the initial target of wrongdoings. Some say visible open carry would discourage a bad guy from initiating wrongdoings knowing a good gun is nearby so the argument goes on and both are valid.
Still, the choice should be that of the legal firearm owning citizen.
I agree and go one step further. Being armed and certified proficient should be a prerequisite to boarding any commercial transportation.
We also have open carry and zero problems with it. If its not a problem in MI there is no reasonable argument against it for TX!
With Pres. Osama already selected, liebrals think somebody gives a [bleep] of goin back to the good ol days...yuk
What part of "Constitutional Right" do these idiots not understand...?
Also, I have no problem with proper training, in fact, I'd like to see everyone get firearms training each time they renew their driver's license.... My point is even the left wing loonies would get an understanding of this RIGHT and may even be converted....
Flame away.....
Just imagine a criminal person setting next to yo with a hidden gun waiting to rob you.
I pick the Texan with a gun not a reporter.
WTF!!!!! Open carry or not, I want to see MI enact a law that requires a 70% passing grade on newspaper reporters before they can exercise the "right" of free speech!!!
Obviously, we all have our crosses to bear - you have Debbie Stabenow and her philandering husband, hehehehehe!
Another one that doesn't know how to read. It's a RIGHT idiot, so move aside while the rest of us practice our rights under the Constitution.
While law enforcement is certainly an honorable and (should be) trustworthy profession, I sure have seen my share of gun-totin' idiots enforcing the law. I've seen them mishandle weapons, shooting holes in ceilings, one sheriff accidentally discharged his weapon TWICE in his office during one term, another sent a round through the wall at his office at the International Airport where he was Chief of that force. Weapons discharged in police cruisers (through the roof, blowing the light bar bracket off) give me a break people.
Yet, non, I repeat NON of my non-LEO friends have discharged any gun anywhere other than on a range, hunting and other appropriate venues. Let's get off this crap that only LEOs are "qualified" to arm themselves.
Why stop there....how about a 70% or better grade on a Religious test?
WTF!!!!! Open carry or not, I want to see MI enact a law that requires a 70% passing grade on newspaper reporters before they can exercise the "right" of free speech!!!
Why stop there....how about a 70% or better grade on a Religious test before one can attend a church, mosque or synagogue?
>That is only for the CCW. You don’t need any test to purchase or open carry. Just the background check.<
You must be reasonably young. I remember buying a Chief Special and walking out the door with it in the box. Nobody, I mean nobody in government knew that I had bought a handgun and I cannot think of any good reason for them to know that information today. The clerk didn’t know my name, where I lived or anything about me except that I was hopefully going to be a steady customer.
THAT is how it should be!
I’m not that young and I also bought guns when there was no instant background check.
There is now and it takes 30 sec.
I love guns in the hands of good people. It makes bad people nervous. And the neat thing about open carry is that it doesn’t preclude concealed carry. The crook might see the openly carried guns, but then he has to wonder how many concealed ones are there as well. What a conundrum for the feeble mind of a criminal.
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