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| Open Carry in TX, gonna happen |
| 2015-04-19 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Another good thing to know about Tenessee gun laws is that if you are carrying without a permit and you have to justifiably use deadly force in self-defense of the defense of another, you will not be prosecuted for illegal carry. |
| Posted by: Lowspark 2015-04-19 19:07 |
| #4 Deacon, Tennessee still requires a carry permit for handguns, concealed or open carry. As of 2014 there is no longer a requirement for a permit to have a handgun in your car. A lot of people have confused the vehicle exemption with not needing a permit to carry at all. If you're walking around in public and have a handgun on you, then you are "supposed" to have a carry permit. |
| Posted by: Lowspark 2015-04-19 19:01 |
| #3 Boy that is a loaded op/ed. To be sure, Texas has always allowed residents to carry long runs, like rifles and shotguns, in the open, a nod to its pioneer past and living ranch legacy. I have a long run too....to the beer joint. Bang bang shoot pistol cowboy bullet boom boom. Sideways topic, didn't get to comment on badanov's TWIG because I was knee deep talking about Kansas' Constitutional Conceal Carry with an eye roller. Now Kansas has been open carry for as long as I can remember. Observation is that the only people outside LEOs who open carry are farmers and ranchers, on account of snakes/coyotes/bobcats/trespassers (livestock thieves and drug peddlers). |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-04-19 13:19 |
| #2 Texas is a bit5 of an oddity - open carry for long arms, but only concealed carry for handguns. Until now I guess. Now if they can pass concealed carry on campus. Kinda stupid a 22 year old veteran with a CC permit is not able to carry when he's going to class at a local community college. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-04-19 11:54 |
| #1 We already have it in Tennessee. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-04-19 08:34 |