Abbott supports Open and Campus Carry

[RCP]

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Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott said Tuesday he supports making it legal to openly carry handguns in public. The Texas attorney general promised that if elected he also would support allowing guns on college campuses.

[GlockDude26]

as long as he doesn't have completely opposite views on a couple other subjects he'd have my vote!

[jmra]

as long as he doesn't have completely opposite views on a couple other subjects he'd have my vote!

He's got mine.

[Beiruty]

He will got my vote, when is the election?

[Keith B]

Greg Abbott is a very strong supporter of gun rights. And, even if he is not with you on all subjects, do you want Wendy Davis to win?

[GlockDude26]

Greg Abbott is a very strong supporter of gun rights. And, even if he is not with you on all subjects, do you want Wendy Davis to win?

heck to the naw!!!!! very true....

[n5wd]

He will got my vote, when is the election?

A little under a year from now. Gives him plenty of time to make everyone mad.

[texanjoker]

Greg Abbott is a very strong supporter of gun rights.

And, even if he is not with you on all subjects, do you want Wendy Davis to win?

Heck no!

[Cedar Park Dad]

Greg Abbott is a very strong supporter of gun rights.

And, even if he is not with you on all subjects, do you want Wendy Davis to win?

Heck no!

I have no clue. I don't know either of their positions on anything, or any other candidates who will be running. Nor will I care until next year.

[baldeagle]

The liberals are working very hard to take over Texas. They've made it their special project. I guarantee you his support of open carry and campus carry will be used to smear him as an extremist. He'd better be ready to defend himself, because the squishy middle is where the election will be won - or lost. This election will be a lot closer than people think it will be. The leftists are spending megabucks here to turn the state blue.

[Keith B]

The leftists are spending megabucks here to turn the state blue.

The state is turning blue because they are trying to choke the living crap out of everything good thing there is here.

[Tic Tac]

The liberals are working very hard to take over Texas. They've made it their special project. I guarantee you his support of open carry and campus carry will be used to smear him as an extremist. He'd better be ready to defend himself

You can see it on some gun forums already with the fifth columnists rampng up their smear tactics on open carry.

[Cedar Park Dad]

The liberals are working very hard to take over Texas. They've made it their special project. I guarantee you his support of open carry and campus carry will be used to smear him as an extremist. He'd better be ready to defend himself

You can see it on some gun forums already with the fifth columnists rampng up their smear tactics on open carry.

Please clarify this statement.

[C-dub]

He'll get my vote, but isn't Perry also for these things and yet we still don't have either?

[Vol Texan]

The liberals are working very hard to take over Texas. They've made it their special project. I guarantee you his support of open carry and campus carry will be used to smear him as an extremist. He'd better be ready to defend himself

You can see it on some gun forums already with the fifth columnists rampng up their smear tactics on open carry.

Please clarify this statement.

This is only a guess, but I think he's referring to the 'fifth estate', which is a term used to describe the web bloggers. It's an extension of the 'fourth estate' which is a term used to describe the media in general.

From Wikipedia:

Making reference to the medieval concept of "three estates of the realm" (Clergy, Nobility and Commons) and to a more recently developed model of "four estates", which encompasses the media, Nayef Al-Rodhan introduces the weblogs (blogs) as a "fifth estate of the realm". Blogs have potential and real influence on contemporary policymaking, especially in the context of elections, reporting from conflict zones, and raising dissent over corporate or congressional policies. Based on these observations, Al-Rodhan suggests moving beyond traditional thinking that limits the “estates of the realm” to governmental action and proposes a broader perspective in which civilians or anyone with access to a computer and the Internet can contribute to the global political change and security.[5]

So...perhaps he means a bunch of trolls out there on other gun forums already ramping up the rhetoric in advance of the 2014 gubernatorial election.