Open Carry Continues To Go Through Texas Senate After Waco Shootout

By Tim

Open Carry is not permitted in Texas yet; however, there is a bill that is continuing on the track of approval and looks as if it will go through without hitch. Looks like the liberals attempt at magnifying the Waco shootout has failed, and American gun rights continues to progress.

Legislation that would allow Texas gun owners to openly carry handguns appears to be on a path to enactment, even after opponents of the measure invoked Sunday’s bloody shootout among biker gangs in Waco as a reason to tighten instead of loosen gun laws.

The open-carry bill, which has been passed by the Texas House of Representatives, cleared a state Senate committee Monday and now goes to the full Senate for a vote, where it is expected to pass. The Republican-controlled legislature has taken up a series of measures to expand gun rights, including a separate bill to legalize carrying guns on college campuses, and has two weeks left in the session to greenlight the laws.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said he would sign the open-carry bill if it reaches his desk.

But critics say the incident in Waco has served to highlight the problem of readily available guns and laws …read more

Source:: GunsNFreedom