The legislative placeholder text for Texas House Bill 195, introduced yesterday, is short and sweet: Relating to the carrying of handguns; providing for the open carrying of handguns; removing the requirement that a person who may lawfully possess handguns obtain a Concealed Handgun License in order to carry a handgun lawfully in the state of Texas, and conforming changes.
Whether the bill ends up pigeonholed in committee for “study” until it dies or it it gains support to move forward is the real question. I have to confess that as someone half-way across the nation, I don’t profess to have any insight …read more
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