Most of us at the TCMS have CHLs, we can carry, but only concealed, pretty much anywhere in Texas not a federal enclave.
But if they pass another gun ban, it's time to stop being so politically correct. We have the Right to Bear arms, and it's even legal in our state, so we should do so visibly. Back in the day, as Humblegunner puts it, I attended a few anti-gun control events at the state capital. One of them featured cannon. Two of them, which were fired, without shot of course, from time to time during the rally.. right on the grounds of the state capital. At another such rally, a bunch of guys were dress as "Regulators", and were visibly packing.. black powder cap and ball "non guns", back before Texas had concealed carry. At one rally, I think the one with the cannon, there was a group with military long arms from various eras, from the Texas Revolution, through WW-II and Korea. All that made the capital police rather nervous, but they learned to live with it, since it was perfectly legal, and pre cleared with them. I the sponsoring group was called Peaceable Texans for Firearms Rights .
A man who was a U. Texas student during the Whitman shooting affair, and who grabbed his M1 Carbine to provide suppressive fire from the library balcony, spoke to the group.
I think I'm in that picture, but I'm not certain of it.
But did all that stop the Brady Act and Assault Weapons ban.
Nope!