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Is Texas now/again an open cary State?

fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
I always thought everyone in Tehas wore an SAA on their hip all the time.
Joined GB and learned that Tex. was NOT an open carry State.
Has this law changed recently??
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,934 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The open carry bill was signed into law.
    It requires a valid concealed carry permit.
    fact check me before you strap up, but I believe it does not go into effect until January 2016.

    We're trying to get used to it around my place.
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  • Dr.NippsDr.Nipps Member Posts: 642 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yup pretty sure it becomes legal in January 2016
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  • WranglerWrangler Member Posts: 5,788 ✭
    edited November -1
    January 1, 2016
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  • Winston BodeWinston Bode Member Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    But campus carry not until august, 2016.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    The great state of TEXAS has now become even greater!! I wish I could afford to move there and live as close to the gulf as I live to the Atlantic as I do now.
    I know their are sprinkler systems there that need fixin.Just don't know enough about Texas to take the plunge...
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not allow any form of public open carry. Forty-four states allow some form of legal open carry, and of those states, thirty-one of those states do not even require a license.

    http://www.opencarrytexas.org/the-law.html

    the law they are passing says that if you have a CCW you can open carry.

    we have that already in Missouri.
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Texas has long been large on reputation and darned puny on reality when it comes to Gun Rights. Pleased to see it getting better. By that I mean less of the Anti-Gun State that Texas laws have long been.

    When Texas achieves Constitutional Carry the advertising will finally match the reality.
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dave, ask that boy if it was something I said. [:D]
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    After the War of Northern Aggression the carpet baggers descended on Texas in force. The only people who could vote were the carpet baggers and former slaves. They enacted some laws the Texans have lived with for a 150 years. There were similar situations throughout the South, but most of them were a little quicker reversing those laws.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Dave W.
    The open carry bill was signed into law.
    It requires a valid concealed carry permit.


    Makes so much sense too. [B)]


    A friend of mine moved from Virginia to Texas a few years ago and was bragging on FB about how Texas was the last "free" state. If such is true why do you have to have government permission to open carry? Nothing is required in Virginia to open carry.
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    quote:Originally posted by Dave W.
    The open carry bill was signed into law.
    It requires a valid concealed carry permit.


    Makes so much sense too. [B)]


    A friend of mine moved from Virginia to Texas a few years ago and was bragging on FB about how Texas was the last "free" state. If such is true why do you have to have government permission to open carry? Nothing is required in Virginia to open carry.


    Same with MT, no permit needednfor open carry and concealed carry with no permit if outside of a town/city/logging camp. Law is not clear on purse or fannypack carry with no permit ad the law says covered or partially covered on the person. MT has TX beat by a country mile on gun laws but TX is supposed to be the greatest state in the country. I think I'll stay right where I'm at [:D]
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,520 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [:D][:D]
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    Nothing is required in Virginia to open carry.
    Does this apply for all types of firearms in all areas of the state?
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just in case anybody missed it, Dave's son is giving us his opinion of gun laws. [:D]

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    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Txs
    Does this apply for all types of firearms in all areas of the state?
    There are no local gun laws in Virginia.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
    quote:Originally posted by Txs
    Does this apply for all types of firearms in all areas of the state?
    There are no local gun laws in Virginia.

    I've passed through there a couple of times and recall being cautioned about them having a hodgepodge setup where certain things were legal in some jurisdictions but not others. I'm not sure if they were referring to local laws/ordinances or a patchwork system written into the state's laws, but it seemed pretty screwed up.

    Could be that either I was misinformed or things have changed.
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Txs
    I've passed through there a couple of times and recall being cautioned about them having a hodgepodge setup where certain things were legal in some jurisdictions but not others. I'm not sure if they were referring to local laws/ordinances or a patchwork system written into the state's laws, but it seemed pretty screwed up.

    Could be that either I was misinformed or things have changed.
    Depending on when you passed through it could be a little of both. In Virginia there is no shortage of people who know everything about everything, and 90% of what 90% of us tell you is pure cow cookies or lies.

    There was a time in Virginia when local jurisdictions could have local ordinances, but it got so stupid complicated the legislature voided all local gun ordinances and barred local governments from passing new ones.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Similar situation in Arizona. It took new laws to put an end to un-Constitutional limits on Gun Rights. For years a police agency could arrest you for carrying concealed if your jacket partly covered your sidearm. Or a local jurisdiction could have gun laws more restrictive than the State.

    Based upon the existing Arizona and USA Constitutions, laws began to change in a big way between five and ten years ago.
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    that's the way it is in Missouri. state law regarding CCW, open carry, gun in your vehicle, age to buy, etc. pre-empt any local laws. localities may have ordinances regarding where you shoot them and stuff but that's minor.

    the legislators do look at other states and what worked and what caused problems. wouldn't be surprising if the MO lawmakers checked out Virginia among other states before they settled on what to do.
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