BREAKING: Texas Licensed Open Carry in Trouble

By Robert Farago

By a margin of 79 to 63, the Texas House has just rejected 84(R) HB 910, the open carry bill sent to it by the Senate. House members objected to Sen. Huffines’ added language barring police officers from stopping open carriers to question them about/examine their Concealed Handgun License (without any other indication that a crime was being committed). The House made the move under pressure from law enforcement groups who claimed the proviso would put lives in jeopardy. The bill now goes to Committee. How it emerges is an open question. Whether or not it passes must be answered by a straight up or down vote by June 1, when the current legislative session expires. If open carry fails, [partial] gun rights restoration must wait another two years for consideration.

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