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TX Governor-Elect Abbott: I'll Sign Open Carry Handgun Bill As Soon As It Reaches My Desk
Breitbart.com ^ | 5 Nov 2014 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 11/05/2014 3:18:18 PM PST by forbushalltheway

Texas Governor-elect Greg Abbott (R) says he will sign a bill to legalize the open carry of handguns as soon as the legislation reaches his desk. Abbott spoke to reporters in Austin the morning after he won the Lone Star State's gubernatorial election.

According to WFAA 8 ABC, Abbot said: "If an open carry bill is passed by the House and Senate, I will sign it into law."

Abbott added, "If open carry is good enough for Massachusetts, it's good enough for Texas."

It is interesting to note that open carry of rifles is already legal in Texas. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America has hung its hat on protesting the open carry of rifles in that state. Abbott is determined to be sure Texans will have the choice to carry a handgun openly with their rifle, if they so choose.

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To: forbushalltheway

*** Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America has hung its hat on protesting the open carry of rifles in that state. ***

Let’s always remember that it was the armed CITIZENS OF TEXAS who first starting SHOOTING BACK at Charles Whitman, in the UT tower back in 1966 and kept him pinned down till the cops arrived.


21 posted on 11/05/2014 4:22:22 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: forbushalltheway

My kind of gov.


22 posted on 11/05/2014 4:51:39 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Squantos

Repubs have the majority in the NM House Reps for the first time since 1953!

Seems like only yesterday the Ray Sanchez and Manny Aragon would rule until doomsday.


23 posted on 11/05/2014 5:20:30 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Great news...for our brothers and sisters to the West!


24 posted on 11/05/2014 5:21:13 PM PST by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: mylife; Regulator
I think the law goes back the Tx Reconstruction after the Civil War.

You're right it does. It was to keep all those Un-reconstructed Rebel Texas outlaws from carrying.

25 posted on 11/05/2014 5:29:26 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: Blue Highway

“Don’t know much about him, but he already sounds like an upgrade from the RINO Texas version of Romeny... Rick Perry.”

Perry is a jerk, Abbott is a classy guy and didn’t have to campaign hard-right to win, he just coasted in, and brought 20 point victories to the rest of the Republican ticket.


26 posted on 11/05/2014 6:13:11 PM PST by BobL (Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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To: Blue Highway

Hard to see reality from Floridah?


27 posted on 11/05/2014 6:35:00 PM PST by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: CodeToad

Not to mention the Walmart parking lot!


28 posted on 11/05/2014 6:36:31 PM PST by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Don’t forget when Tony Anaya tried to put IBM’ s in every state office ..... (itty bitty mexicans)


29 posted on 11/06/2014 10:17:15 AM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Don’t forget when Tony Anaya tried to put IBM’ s in every state office ..... (itty bitty mexicans)


30 posted on 11/06/2014 10:17:34 AM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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