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The Texas gun debate has gone wild, wild west.
A confrontation between gun owners and a state lawmaker who later was given a state security detail. Panic buttons installed in legislative offices. Guns made and displayed at the Capitol gates.
What many thought was a slam-dunk in the Republican-controlled Legislature — allowing the open carry of handguns in Texas — turned into a tempest in the opening weeks of the session. And its chances of passing seemed to further diminish when one of the state’s most outspoken conservatives flip-flopped on whether it’s even a priority issue.
The antics have left some gun-rights advocates shaking their heads.
“(Open carry) has been pushed off the rails by the nut jobs,” said Jerry Patterson, a former Marine, gun enthusiast and open-carry advocate who wrote the state’s concealed handgun license law as a state lawmaker in the early 1990s.
And the carry of long guns will continue...
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Ironically it does your cause more harm than good.
DeleteThere are actually many pro gun blogs out there lamenting the antics of the Open Carry folks. There is a plethora of gun bills in the works, one of which would remove the requirement to conceal for those who possess carry permits, which would make it on par with Minnesota's law.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as these gun loons don't get what they want, they bring out their guns. That's intentional, deadly, intimidation.
ReplyDeleteLike the black panthers did at the voting booths, Sammy?
DeleteIs that what this post is about Gunny, Black panthers? When you learn to get, get back.
DeleteYou have eluded to my response with yours. Just a comparisons of fact Sammy. You can call the black panthers gun loons because that is what they used to intimidate as well. So learn some comparative reasoning and get back.
DeleteI didn't elude your response, your response is ridiculous and has nothing to do with this post. They disagreed, so they bought out their guns.It's a little hard to discuss with you when you pull shit out of your ass.
DeleteSammy's right. Besides, who around here defended the Black Panthers?
DeleteSammy cant do simple reasoning. The Black Panthers didn't agree with voters from the other side so they brought out their guns. Its the same "shit". And a lot of people defended them. The POTUS and his puppet attorney general. Neither would prosecute but they butted into local matters where they had no business when the tables seem to be turned the other way.
DeleteIt's looking pretty damned likely to me. Governor Abbot signed it into law today--while visiting a gun range, no less. A kinda nice touch, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteLiberty marches on.
And went into effect on Friday the 1st and I have been enjoying it since.
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