Open Carry Research Paper

One can imagine how this law will be at conflict in a may-issue jurisdiction as the discretion to determine who carries a firearm is taken away from the hands of the issue officer, since the individual already has a permit from another state. Most states currently extend reciprocal concealed carry privileges to varying degrees to residents of other states. Fourteen states extend outright recognition to all valid permits issued in another state, ten states automatically recognize permits from other states that recognize theirs, and sixteen states recognize other state issued permits when certain conditions are met. Only ten states do not allow permits issued by another state no matter the circumstance, while many of the states allow non-residents to apply for permits to carry a concealed handgun in the state (House report 112-277). Gun control is a hotly debated issue in America. While pro-gun right advocates will see a vibrant gun-right law as a good thing, those that advocate for a stricter gun laws to reduce the amount of firearms in circulation would rather have laws to that effect. Understanding the forces underlying the transformation from a May-issue to a Shall-issue state is important as that will set us on course to see the trend firearm legislation has taken in other states and that will enable us to predict the future of gun law in the state of Texas.

It is important to provide citizens with the rightful tools, such as this bill, to be able to protect themselves and loved ones. With the fear of handguns falling into the wrong hands, there are multiple steps such as background checks and evaluations all before being able to legally purchase a handgun in Texas. With this new House Bill being passed, Texas now joins 34 other states who support the right to openly carry concealed handguns.

Article 1, Section 26 of the state constitutional provision states that, “Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the state; but the legislature shall have the power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime”. Once more, the revalidation of the provisions of the 2nd Amendment is on display as Texans are given the right by the constitution to “keep and bear arms.” The power or authority of firearm law enactment resides in the hands of the legislature for the state.

In the first interpretation, the second amendment is solely in place for the protection of gun ownership for military duty and security. If the second amendment is interpreted only in this sense, then Texas would seem to have an intense love affair with the second amendment. With this interpretation in mind Texas’ support for individual guns ownership and lackadaisical gun control laws, is extreme. In Texas “Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to

“I’m all for open-carry laws,”says Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, a gun rights organization in Washington state, “but I don’t think flaunting it is very productive for our case. It just scares people.” Our unconcealed carry laws in Indiana are very open, so to say.

The third issue of the Texas is gun. In Texas gun is allowed for their own safety but some people use it as an advantage and take it as a for granted. Only the licensed holder can carry gun with

Anyone who carries a firearm via concealed permit may or may not opt for the open carry, depending on how they feel about their “business” being known. Some may view it as a warning to anyone looking to cause trouble while another sees it as an invitation. Either way, Texans will now have the option to openly carry their firearm or not.

allowed to flout Texas’ licensed carry laws, or any state laws, simply because it disagrees with

Many bills has been passed by government like ban on Plastic bags, because it’s very harmful for our society and for environment. So they have shut down the factories and companies and get loss. In 2nd amendment handguns is ban, but the state government has passed the bills of handgun for their own public safety in Texas. People need a license then only the person can carry on the gun with them, if they don’t have a license then it is illegal and get punished in jail for a specific time. But it is still risky to carry on open gun and it is important in Texas, crime ratio is high over here. After that, government have passed the law Some bills and their decision make Texas more complicated to control over and much difficult to cover.

When an officer sees someone openly carrying a handgun in a holster, in accordance with the law, what can an officer legally do? They can just ask if they have license and if they don’t they can take them to jail. The fear is that open carry will make it harder for police officers to tell the difference between a law-abiding citizen legally

Concealed carry has been in news for a while now and is a hot topic. Concealed carry means more guns around us. Those who not paying attention might assume that open concealed carry is something new, something rare, perhaps reckless at best and dangerous at worst, but that is far from the truth. The Daily Caller newspaper states that, “concealed carry is currently legal in 44 states, and in 30 states you don’t need a license to openly carry a holstered pistol.” The norm states that one had to be licensed to hide the licensed gun. Over the years various restrictive gun laws have been created state by state, largely in an effort to suppress the ability of minorities and criminals to carry guns. The ability to lawfully carry a hidden gun became

The Second Amendment states that a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. In Texas, we take this right seriously. There was a poll taken in 2013 by the HoustonPress that showed 44% of the state owned guns.(2013) The reason was The Second Amendment. We have the right to have a gun to hunt and protect ourselves. If you were to sit down and have a conversation with most true Texans, you would eventually get around to what is your favorite gun and what was your biggest kill this season? I was shocked when I moved to teach in a rural community and the first day of deer season came and the majority of the male students did not show up for school.

“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” The right of all Americans to bear arms is a right the Founding Fathers held to equal importance as the Constitution itself. Gun control laws directly violate this right and therefore should not even be under consideration. Even if that issue is overlooked, gun control advocates state that in order to reduce firearm related violence, gun control laws must be implemented to remove the violence caused by firearms. Although this may seem reasonable, the consequences of such laws are ironically counterproductive; they exacerbate the problem instead of fixing it. Besides the fact that the American

Gun control infringes on the Second Amendment right of the American people.  The Second Amendment reads, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" (Adams).  In researching gun control, the government is not sure which way to enforce the law because they can not determine the fair interpretation of the amendment.  Even though gun control is suppose to reduce fire arm related crimes, it only makes it harder for law abiding citizens, or officers of the law to attain guns.  According to Hogberg there was a specific case of Heller vs. Washington D.C. that made a huge impact.  Dick Heller was asked to defend the people of D.C. against the government to gain the rights to own a hand gun.  The right of owning a hand gun in Washington D.C. was revoked in the early 1970's, but in 1976 an incident of a shooting changed

I feel like there's nothing wrong with having protection, but it's how you use your protection that determines weather or not it should be legal. Me personally would say that the open carry law should be legal because there's so much happening especially murders, and robberies. People of the United States need protection at least to carry around with them because you never know what can happen especially at night time. Now I don’t condone in people just using their protection to go wild with their weapon and shooting people with no reason behind it, but what I do know is that I want a gun of my own when I am old enough to purchase one just for protection, and to protect my future family. The new year brought a new law that's generated a lot of heat in Texas the open carry law of handguns. In Texas you can now openly carry a handgun in a hip or shoulder holster. You don’t need to conceal a gun like you did in the past. In Texas in order to openly carry a gun, you have to have a concealed- handgun license. You have to at least be 21 or older. You also have to complete classroom training and pass a shooting test. You have