That was my observation too. Waiting until almost the deadline to fill the bill doesn't seem like a smart thing to do.Liberty wrote: I don't mean any disrespect, but it is submited by Rep. George Lavender, who nobody knows, and who doesn't belong to any of of the appropriate committees. He has been sitting on this bill for week, so one has to question his enthusiasm for this thing. We have bills that have been been filed in the house with the majority signed on before the session even opened, that are all still languishing in committee.
I do think they're on the right track though to get this thing done correctly. First make it licensed open carry, then push for constitutional carry if that goes well.
My hope is that open carry would cause no problems and lead to easier passage of constitutional carry.
That being said, the OC people seem to completely disregard the fact that their plans lump open and concealed into 30.06 and to "walk by unenforceable signs" will ABSOLUTELY result in people putting the effort into getting the proper signage up.
out of sight, out of mind will no longer apply, and that may be a detriment to our current ability to carry concealed practically anywhere.