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The Annoyed Man wrote:

ELB wrote:

montgomery wrote:Just curious, how is this relevant to Texas?

Any 2A advance...or setback...especially related to where we can carry and how, is relevant to Texas. I would suppose that's why we have a subforum devoted to Other States.

Bazinga!

I’ll add to ELB’s reply.... It’s not just about celebrating advances in other states. We have to remember that, unfortunately, Texas does not always lead the way when it comes to advances in firearms rights. Texas was not the first state to create licensed concealed carry. It was FAR from the first state to create licensed open carry. We are not the first state to have campus carry. There are other states that have had Constitutional Carry for years now, and yet our own legislature can’t summon the political will to do the same.....yet. This is not an indictment of Texas, but it IS a statement of fact. So the importance of 2nd Amendment successes in other states - particularly in areas of the law that WE have not yet been able to pass for ourselves - is that we gain a record of proof that these successes do not result in the leftists’ dire warnings of blood running in the streets, and it gets easier and easier for us to get similar laws passed here. We have open carry because other states went before us and destroyed the leftist myths. We have campus carry because other states went before us and destroyed the leftist myths. We have licensed concealed carry because other states went before us and destroyed the leftist myths. Their good fortune is often our good fortune.....eventually. It is partly due to the record of successes in other states that Texan 2nd Amendment champions like Charles L. Cotton have been able to convince our legislature that these things are not only desirable, but feasible. So it IS a big deal when other states have 2nd Amendment victories, and we should celebrate them wherever they occur.

tool4daman wrote:Montgomery- you do realize this is posted in the “other states”forum, don’t you?