Articles tagged: open carry
Senate Brings Texas One Step Closer to Open Carry
A day after nine people died in a massive shootout in Waco, a Senate committee approved a bill legalizing the open carry of handguns....Read More
After Years of Failure, Gun Bills Sail Through Senate
The right to bear arms wasn’t one of the five emergency items outlined in Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State address in February, but you might think oth...Read More
Gun Control Activists Fight to be Heard at Capitol
Opponents of open carry and campus carry say their access to lawmakers has sometimes been limited, even as the most extreme gun activists get meetings with top elected officials.
Opponents of open carry and campus carry say their access to lawmakers has sometimes been limited, even as the most extreme gun activists get meetings with top ...Read More
Open Carry Activists: Not Your Daddy’s Gun Nuts
Gun rights activists just aren't what they used to be....Read More
WTF Friday: Soldiers of God, Frats of Fury, Snake Assault
In this week's WTF Friday: Brian Birdwell, gangster rapper. Did Jesus open carry? A theological meditation. Snakes. Frats. The war of Northern Aggression....Read More
Open Carry, Campus Carry Pass Their First Test
Bills to allow Texans to carry guns on college campuses, and unconcealed handguns in public, passed out of a Senate committee today....Read More
Open Carry Leader To Legislature: ‘Treason is Punishable by Death’
Open carry activist Kory Watkins warned legislators this morning that "treason is punishable by death," and added that new tactics were coming....Read More
What Dan Patrick’s First Big Mistake Says About Him—and the Senate
Dan Patrick manages to assemble his own personal circular firing squad in the first weeks of the session.
Dan Patrick had his first serious screw-up as Lt. Gov. when he acknowledged that open carry faces long odds in the Legislature—and he didn't handle it well....Read More
WTF Friday: Open Carry, Open Sewers
The mere suggestion of the reappearance of WTF Friday caused the state to lose it. We're sorry. EMPs, Cuckoldry, the KKK, and Kory Watkins....Read More