“I know. Sad state of affairs when liberal hellholes like Delaware have better gun freedoms that Texas. So what’s the latest excuse from your legislature?”
Don’t know why Texas hasn’t gone open carry, but also don’t know why anyone feels the need to. Tennessee has open carry , but I don’t choose too. I also will not ever apply for a permit. I’ll carry on my own terms. No advance warning for prospective perps.
“Don’t know why Texas hasn’t gone open carry, but also don’t know why anyone feels the need to.”
Texas has had some real issues on gun stuff and I really don’t understand it. It took the Luby shooting for them to get concealed carry. Their permit is one of the more expensive and more difficult to obtain, and then there is the intransigence on open carry. I like Texas in general: good people. But I just don’t get it on the gun stuff.
Any way, as for open carry, I can think of several reasons for doing so. First and most selfish is that it’s more comfortable and you don’t have to fool with all sorts of concealment hardware. Second and I think most important is the deterrent effect it has on potential perps. Concealed carry has less of a deterrent effect because by definition no one knows. We want to reinforce the idea that there are a lot of people out there with guns. OC does that. Third, if you think about it most perps are opportunists. The most successful gunfight in my view is the one that is completely avoided because the perp walks the other way. Fourth is the innoculation effect on the non-gun folks. Finally, there is something to be said for tweaking the grabbers a bit. I could go on but that gives you a start.
“Tennessee has open carry , but I don’t choose too. I also will not ever apply for a permit. I’ll carry on my own terms.”
And if you get caught, you go to jail. That may not bother you. Most of us prefer to avoid it. Enjoy your racial harmony in jail...