Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law on Saturday bills allowing the open carrying of handguns in public and of concealed handguns on state university campuses, his office said.
Abbott, a Republican, said the measures secure Texans' rights to bear
arms guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.
"Today, I am proud to expand liberty in the Lone Star State," Abbott said in a statement.
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It's a actually a half-step to our return in Texas to the Second Amendment. We shouldn't pay a tax or have to take a mickey-mouse lecture and test to pack, open or concealed. Perhaps someday we in Texas shall progress to the point of returning to the freedoms we enjoyed before the carpet-bagging Yankees took our guns away.
ReplyDeletePerhaps someday we in Texas shall progress to the point of returning to the freedoms we enjoyed before the carpet-bagging Yankees took our guns away.
DeleteAmen.
Still don't think it's a bad idea to check your guns at the barnyard dance. BTW, isn't horse theft still a hangin offense?
ReplyDeleteWhen did Texas get so screwed up? In the 80's I worked with a bunch of Texans. They used to tell me how free it was. They bragged about things like drive in bars where you could drive up to the window and get cocktails and drive down the road drinking them.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to find out you couldn't open carry a pistol in cowboy country. CH
I was shocked to find out you couldn't open carry a pistol in cowboy country.
DeleteYes, strange and has been like that for a long time, I believe.
With all the crap in the news today, this is nice to see....
ReplyDeleteYup and seems to be a good man.
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