Open Carry 4 Texas
February 12, 2009 by FaultlineUSA
Filed under News and Opinion
Texas is one of only SIX states in the entire United States that completely bans open carry of handguns. Representative Debbie Riddle (R – Houston) will soon introduce historic legislation to restore the right to open carry handguns in Texas.
So if you know anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Texas, now is the time to contact them and urge them to sign the open carry petition for Texas at http://www.petitiononline.com/texasoc/petition.html
Time is short and this Bill may die if there are not enough citizen signatures.
Pass this info along to all your e-mail contacts.
According to MySan Antonio.com, “OpenCarry.org — advocating the change in Texas law. The group, which has raised more than $10,000 online to buy radio and billboard ads across the state, also says it has collected more than 53,000 Texas signatures in an online petition …”
Here’s a message from Mike Stollenwerk and John Pierce, Co-founders, OpenCarry.org. – a national pro-gun group.
Open Carriers Across America:
Representative Riddle (R – Houston) will soon introduce historic legislation to restore the right to open carry handguns in Texas. But that does not mean the fight is over – it’s just beginning. That’s why we need to drive up the signature count on the petition for Texas at http://www.petitiononline.com/texasoc/petition.htmlAnd all Americans can help just like in 1836 when volunteers came from many states to help Texas fight and ultimately defeat an invading Mexican Army.
So if you known anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Texas, now is the time to contact them and urge them to sign the open carry petition for Texas at http://www.petitiononline.com/texasoc/petition.html
The petition is now at over 54,000 signatures but we need to drive that signature count well North of 55,000 in the coming days to send a clear signal to Austin that open carry needs to be passed this year.
And if you blog in Texas, or can spare a few moments to add this message and/or the petition link to Texas blogs, please do so immediately. And remind folks to use valid email addresses so that they can receive vital updates on legislative matters from the Texas Open Carry Working Group which is going to be a permanent and effective pro-gun force in Texas to be reckoned with this year and in the future!
Please act on this message today.
If you blog please copy and re-publish the above message for your readers. Then post your link on the OpenCarry forum.
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Hello, my wife and I would like to voice our opinoin in favor of open carry in Texas. We live on a hill in the Texas hill country. Where if we had a home invasion, the law, even if they were to jump in their car at the exact moment we called for help, (if we were still able to call) they would still be over an hour away. We also comute to and from San Antonio,(number 1 in the entire country in crime) mostly during the hours of darkness for work, so this too is a major reason for our support of open carry in Texas. We’ve been married for over 30 years, and I will not allow any harm come to her, open carry or not. Thank you for your time.
My husband and I have been married 39 yrs. We have always carried. This year we got our conceal carry license so that we were in fact legal. Because of crime escalation, we would continue to carry, legal or not. Having grown up with a weapon in our hands at a very young age, we have never even thought of being without one. Our kids were instructed on safe gun handling when they were old enough to hold and pull the trigger without landing on their butts.
Anyone breaking into our home will get a quick education. As well as anyone trying to steal or destroy anything on our property. Maybe it is a bit of the old west……we believe what’s ours is ours, not yours. If ya ain’t invited in, ya ain’t gonna come in.