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-Land of the Free

All Texans who legally own a firearm can now carry openly in public without permit or training - amid 14% rise in gun violence in the state

2021-09-03

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

New law allows Texas residents who legally own guns to carry the firearms openly without a license or having to complete training

It is now the 20th state in the U.S. to allow residents to openly carry a firearm without a permit after after Iowa, Tennessee, Montana, Utah and Wyoming all passed a similar laws this year

Gov. Greg Abbot had vowed to make Texas a 'sanctuary state' for gun rights

The law comes two years after the deadly El Passo and Midland and Odessa mass shootings that left 30 dead and dozens injured

The state has seen a 14% rise in shootings in 2021, with 38 shootings reported this August, a 40% increase in last year
Is that increase across the state. or just in Democrat-controlled cities that are hospitable to Antifa/BLM and gangs?

Posted by:Skidmark

#18 Something like this? Lydon jacket

Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-03 20:06

#17 Lydonesque sportcoat????

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-03 18:18

#16 ^ Carry it concealed (suggests the idiot who carried nunchucks in his Lydonesque sportcoat for a while (mostly for entertainment value))?

Posted by: Chusoting Clomoting4647 2021-09-03 17:52

#15 ^But how I'm supposed to defend myself from female students?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-03 17:32

#14 A Katana typically is a long sword with a length of three to four feet

So don't take it to school, and you're OK.

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-03 17:27

#13 Naginata? That's my cane.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-09-03 16:14

#12 #8 A Katana typically is a long sword with a length of three to four feet

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-03 16:08

#11 Oh, you might have some roosters for a while, but will end up being mostly unnoticed.

Then again, we aren't on The Border.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-09-03 14:09

#10 I was in a McDonalds in Texas the other day and a customer had a side iron in a secure holster and no one took offense. No one appeared concerned.

Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-09-03 12:13

#9 A way of scaring off the non-local Californista infestation?

Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-09-03 09:40

#8 What about openly carrying a katana?

Sure, but not within 1000 ft of school, voting, court, racetrack or airport unless the length is <5.5 inches. Longer, and it's a location restricted knife.

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-03 09:05

#7 open carry just makes you the first target

Posted by: Retard Strength 2021-09-03 08:06

#6 Much like changing the sentencing on Fentanyl usage I suppose. Reduces the head count, perhaps not the body count.

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-03 07:00

#5 /\ Urban, drug related turf wars and tribal culling. Nothing much done about it in the last half-century or so. Nothing much will likely be done about it in the next half-century.

Roe v Wade is a Gov't legislated and funded auxiliary culling technique. The impacts of it's ending are yet to be determined.

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-09-03 02:56

#4 "Gun violence" is code for young black criminals shooting other young black criminals.

Wonder how ban on abortion will affect this?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-03 02:53

#3 14% rise in gun violence in the state

"Gun violence" is code for young black criminals shooting other young black criminals.

Posted by: SteveS 2021-09-03 02:50

#2 Unless you are bird or hog hunting in the wilderness, so-called 'open carry' is a recipe for disaster. Just my 2 cents worth.

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-09-03 02:39

#1 What about openly carrying a katana?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-03 02:22

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