Texas Poll on Open Carry Still Running

Texas Licensed v Unlicensed Open carry PollBy Dean Weingarten

Dean Weingarten
Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-

<em>By Dean Weingarten</em>

On December 9th, radio station KFYO ran an Internet poll on whether or not Texans should be required to have a license in order to openly carry arms in Texas. Here is the question from kfyo:

 If Open Carry passes, should you have to get a license to carry? Let us know in today’s KFYO Poll of the Day.

The poll still appears to be open.  I do not see absolute numbers, but the sentiment that Texans should not have to pay for a license to exercise a right is winning by nearly five to one.

Here is a link to the poll.

Here is a typical response in the comments, by Martin Cohn:

I don’t have to pay a tax to the govmt to exercise my other Constitutionally protected Civil Rights. Why should 2A be any different.

Here is an atypical reply by Zeus Odin:

What’s so bad about getting a license to carry a lethal weapon in public?

It is clear that the intensity and level of commitment are on the side of those pushing for open carry without a license.   It should not be too hard to push in Texas, as it already exists in 31 other states without a problem.

Criminals almost never openly carry guns, because it calls attention to their actions.

The latests numbers, as of 23 December, are:

Yes, 16.65%        No, 82.07%   and Unsure, 1.28%

c2014 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice is included. Link to Gun Watch

About Dean Weingarten;

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and recently retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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Dennismccarty

I was a peace officer for 15 years. Every American and especially a Texan shiud have the right to open carry

CoosaTotahK9

You know, if things like this keep up it will not be long until someone will be debating on whether or not we should have a license to exercise our Right to Life! Our Rights are ours, they belong to each of us, individually, and no one has the just authority to control, limit, or deny us that which is unalienable! It is only by tyrannical laws and “stolen” authorities that our individual Rights are stolen, restricted and/or denied. The Right to self defense of our life, the Right to own sufficient arms, limited only by our own will, to… Read more »

Bp. David

Really? Texas-the Beacon of Freedom for the entire Peoples Republic of Amerika-does not allow un-infringed exercise of the 2nd Amendment. Good Lawd! Even Commie Dem Yankee states like Deleware, Vermont and Maine allow FREE OPEN CARRY WITH NO LICENSE! Texas lawmakers should be ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!

RDNK

At least Weingarten didn’t give us one of his notoriously inaccurate history lessons about Texas !