With about 900,000 concealed handgun permit holders in Texas, there is a good chance that someone next you in a Lone Star State grocery store or restaurant is carrying a concealed handgun. Starting Friday, Texas will join 44 other statesthat already allow people to openly carry handguns throughout the state. … [Read more...] about Open carry comes to Texas: Why the Lone Star state will be safer in 2016
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Texas: Police plan to take open-carry law in stride
Texas is late to the open carry party, at least when it comes to handguns. On New Year’s Day, it’ll become the 45th state to legalize carrying a pistol in plain sight. … [Read more...] about Texas: Police plan to take open-carry law in stride
Texas AG: Gun bans in public university dorms would violate campus carry law
Attorney General Ken Paxton raised the stakes in Texas’ campus carry debate Monday, issuing a nonbinding legal opinion that universities may violate the contentious new firearms law if they try to bar concealed handguns in dorms. … [Read more...] about Texas AG: Gun bans in public university dorms would violate campus carry law
Texas Attorney General Releases Numerous Opinions Affecting Carry Licensees; Open Carry Law Set to Take Effect on January 1
On Monday, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) released four opinions relating to the ability to carry on campus and individuals with Licenses to Carry (LTCs, formerly known as Concealed Handgun Licenses or CHLs). … [Read more...] about Texas Attorney General Releases Numerous Opinions Affecting Carry Licensees; Open Carry Law Set to Take Effect on January 1