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TX: Battle over gun rights to resume in 2017 session
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History, and solid Republican majorities in both houses of the Legislature and the executive branch, suggest the gun rights proponents will remain on the offensive.
“It’s time in Texas to restore our Second Amendment rights to their originally intended level,” said state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, a Fort Worth-area Republican who last year spearheaded the successful open-carry bill.
This time, Stickland is the chief author of legislation supporters call “constitutional carry.” Unlike the open-carry bill, the new measure does not require a license — or the passing of a gun-safety test and the payment of a $140 fee for the license — to allow a handgun to be carried either openly or concealed. |
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Sosalty
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| Open carry potentially can be problematic, but it's the $140 fee to get a carry license that troubles me. It'd be in the best interest of TX or any state, to reduce the burden of getting screened and trained to carry. |
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