There’s a bill working its way through the Texas legislature right now that would bring open carry to the state. It passed committee with a 5-3 vote.
Well, sorta. I covered this before. HB 2756 pretty much just takes the existing laws and crosses out the word “concealed”. So little changes, other than a requirement to conceal.
“Really all they did is some editing to the existing law that’s on the books. They basically just struck out the word ‘concealed,'” said Robert Greene. “Meaning you would be able to do conceal or open depending on the policy. The same restrictions on where you carry would be in place.”
I do appreciate the change to the lawbooks because it’s not adding to, it’s taking away. The engineer in me appreciates simplification like this.
Do I think this will make it through? Hard to tell. All sorts of strange things going on in the Legislature right now. We’ll just have to see, but keep pushing.
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It is a very simple concept which, I agree, is neat. Not sure if this one will actually grow legs it not, but calls to reps to coauthor are always welcome. Being TX is only one of 7 states that does not have open carry in some form, its not a far stretch that this may receive less opposition than the campus carry bill.