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Texas Just Got Safer
What could possibly go wrong?
As of Jan. 1, it’s a new world in Texas. Or a throwback to the past, depending on how you look at it.
For the first time in more than a century, licensed Texans will be free to walk the streets, or travel the state, openly wearing their holstered handguns.
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Hopefully the people who openly carry will have been licensed folks who have been carrying a concealed weapon previously and know what they are doing.
I worry about the clowns who will openly carry as an attempt to intimidate others, make a political statement, or as some sort of bizarre fashion statement.
Can you imagine people at the grocery store, youth soccer game, or restaurant with guns strapped to their waists?
Texas is a strange place.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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From the Christmas letter of a former Pennsylvanian transplanted in Texas:
For all of us, we need open carry, not of weapons, but of civility, cordiality, and compassion.
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A lot of upset over nothing!
Law enforcers have a piece of advice for Texans.
“Over and above everything, remain calm,” said Terry Grisham, executive administrator at the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department. “The world as we know it isn’t going to start turning backward on its axis when this goes into effect.”
He and others stress that the people who will be openly carrying their guns are the same people who have been carrying their handguns concealed in Texas for 20 years.They’ve just now taken their jackets off.
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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I believe that we're all remaining calm here in exchangeland.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Well that is unexpected but I am glad to hear that.
I think close to 45 states allow open carry currently.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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What specific problem was this bill designed to solve?
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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How do business owners feel about it? I mean if you owned a tavern, pub, or restaurant, do you think some people would avoid your establishment if several people walked in or were sitting around at the bar with handguns? I don't think it would be good for business if it were my place.
Taking their jackets off is one thing, but I'd draw the line at taking their pants off. 
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I think close to 45 states allow open carry currently. - Common
Really? All but 5 states? So Texas is simply following the lead of 45 other states? Common was right about this, although some states require a permit or license.
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Just Fred wrote:
How do business owners feel about it? I mean if you owned a tavern, pub, or restaurant, do you think some people would avoid your establishment if several people walked in or were sitting around at the bar with handguns? I don't think it would be good for business if it were my place.
Taking their jackets off is one thing, but I'd draw the line at taking their pants off.
Dressed or otherwise if I walk into a business and see people walking or sitting with pistols or other guns showing and I do not see a police badge I'm outa there to never return. People today are just too nutty to be carrying guns around in public.