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TX: Texas Republicans have long pushed to allow 'constitutional carry' of guns. Proponents say this year is their best chance.
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Texas Republicans have long taken pride in the state’s reputation as a bastion for gun ownership — but time and again they’ve stopped short of passing a law allowing handguns to be carried without a permit.
This year, however, proponents of what Republicans call “constitutional carry” say they have the best shot in the Legislature they’ve had in years. The momentum follows a shake-up in House leadership, who handed influential positions to supporters of the legislation, and comes as the practice is gaining traction in statehouses across the country. Meanwhile, gun control advocates are sounding the alarm about making it easier to carry firearms on the heels of three recent mass shootings out of state — and two in Texas in 2019. |
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Opponents' position ignore logic. Criminals already carry regardless of the law, and will continue to carry regardless of the law.
Translation: Constitutional Carry will NOT adversely affect public safety, because all it does is remove prohibitions from those who are not inclined to and would not carry illegally.
Pure, simple logic.
Yet it escapes them.
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