[marktwain]

As usual, the left comes up with a far out view, and labels it as "common sense".

[Inyo-Mono]

...you may be surprised to learn that it is illegal to carry a gun openly there.

It has been that way in Texas since the Reconstruction Era except that in the 1860s and '70s, you could open carry if you could prove that you were a "traveler," going from one place to another.

[CodeToad]

Everyone seems to talk about Texas being the gun State of sort, yet, places like Colorado have better gun laws in general than Texas.

[Zakeet]

The reason given against open carry is that with it, criminals know whom to go after first when committing a crime. With concealed carry, they never know from where or even "if" to expect trouble. Therefore, concealed carry is arguably safer for the persons packing, and acts as a greater deterrent.

By the way, we now have close to a million CHL holders in this Great State. Many of us routinely tote an insurance policy everywhere we can. And we have some of the best Deadly Force laws in the U.S.

Hopefully, all of this combines to help convince more and more criminals to head for easier pickin's like the ever blue Northeast, Illinois, or the Left Coast.

[mnehring]

"If you see someone with a holster on, are you just to assume this is a law-abiding person?" said Marsha McCartney,

Actually, now that you ask, yes.

[TXnMA]

As I've said many times, for tactical (and social) reasons, I prefer concealed carry.

However, Texas Summer is fast approaching, and I want to be relieved of the risk of being charged with a crime if I take off my jacket.

IOW, I am not so interested in practicing "open carry" per se as I am insisting on being relieved of the stupid and onerous burden of "required concealment".

I must admit that, out of pure Texian orneriness, I often secure my firearm when removing my jacket -- but wear my empty holster (even a shoulder holster rig) in plain view.

[JimRed]

BING search for New Jersey:

New Jersey

Summary
New Jersey is not a traditional open carry state. However, should you be wealthy or connected enough to get one of the rare New Jersey handgun carry permits, New Jersey law makes no distinction between open and concealed carry. However, the status of the state’s preemption law would make this a dangerous proposition. They are amongst the top 5 rights restricted states in the union.

[stevie_d_64]

Seeing how the folks at “OpenCarry.com”really screwed the pooch last session with some of the commentary they did to embarras and making the process of filing, and walking that bill up through the process such a politically untenable act...

I expect the bad taste in the State Legislature to still be prevalent...

Besides, to make the whole OC thing work the Legislature would have to amend the provisions in Statute 30.06 to keep the influx of that posting from popping up as a result of this OC provision in the law..

Meaning a whole lot of places would be open to posting that restrictive sign and be legally supported to do so as a result of a lot more visability of guns in public...

Now...I know there is a slight effort to see if those changes could be made to keep businesses from going pell-mell on the 30.06 provisions...

See, you have to walk before you can run, and if the goobershnitzles with OpenCarry.org could just keep their yaps closed this time, we might see how far this will go in this session...But I seriously doubt they will find any state legislator to file and carry this bill because of what happened last time...

Personally I would like the choice to OC or not...

[TheZMan]

Pretty sure the Texas House passed open-carry 2 days ago. Just FYI.