Open Carry

Reader DH writes: In a remarkable coincidence, if you believe them -- which I will go on the record to say that when it comes to Texas legislature, I do not -- last night SB11,...

TTAG Texan reader/reporter DH writes: For those of you unfamiliar with the unique ways in which the Texas Legislature works, sine die (the end of regular session) is a month away. Legisltive deadlines are approaching. Every day that...

Back when Occupy Wall Street-types were occupying downtown Providence, Rhode Island, I surveyed the protestors about the Second Amendment. Ten occupiers were resolutely pro-2A. One wasn't. So when I read the report stating that...

https://youtu.be/x_nVJNYh9lE In the ongoing fight to restore Americans' natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, there are pro-gunners who support pragmatic incrementalism. They're OK with laws clawing-back some gun rights, to prepare the political...

https://youtu.be/BHYhZQKVD34 "The bill’s author, Rep. Larry Phillips, R-Sherman, dismissed any concerns about a loophole." dallasnews.com reports. "He said the amendment just provided 'clarity' to police officials that if 'people are being law-abiding citizens,...

"The specter of 'constitutional carry' continues to hang over the Legislature’s effort to allow the licensed open carry of handguns," dallasnews.com pronounces. Interesting use of the word "specter." But more than that, what? The...

SO CLOSE! If only Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo had Tweeted that Texas' impending permitted open carry law presaged "Open Season ON Armed Criminals and Extremists." Then again, who gets to decide who's a...

Reader DH writes, So I was watching the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee hearing yesterday morning and yet a new tactic on the part of the Manic Moms emerged. The representative from Texas Gunsense,...

"HB910 (Licensed Open Carry ) just passed in the House," Texas Gun Rights' Facebook page reports. "An amendment was adopted from Rep. Dutton which keeps law enforcement from detaining you just because they see...

  TTAG reader DH writes: For those interested in today's aborted Texas House vote on Open Carry asking WTF just happened, here's the skinny: turnabout is fair play. Or as they say "%$* me...no (*&!@# you..." . ....

Holy hypocrisy, Batman! The NRA bans guns at its own convention! That was the gist of breathless reporting in the run-up to this weekend's festivities in Nashville. Such notable and allegedly reputable purveyors of...

Looking for gun control? Look in the large, Democrat-controlled urban areas of America. Gun rights have gone bye-bye in Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Trenton. Politicians in these gun...