I found this interesting. Did not track down all the things to verify but makes sense to me
found here http://buzzpo.com/things-need-know-target-open-carry-texas/
5 Things You Need to Know About Target and Open Carry Texas
by Liz Harrison on July 2, 2014 in BuzzPo, Gun control, Politics
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Its no secret that the mainstream media has no interest in covering news without bias, especially when it comes to gun control. The latest smear has been a dust up about Target stores and the pro-gun organization Open Carry Texas. Unfortunately, because this is happening in Texas, its very easy for the liberal media to distort the facts. Lets take a moment to clear things up.
1. Target hasnt banned weapons from their stores. Contrary to what Huffington Post is at least implying, the store simply didnt ban guns. What they did do was respectfully ask people to choose not to bring weapons into their stores. Dana Loesch explains that clearly for everyone.
2. No, the pictures of people with long guns arent all from Texas. Again, were dealing with news with an agenda. Moms Demand Action pushed out the photographs. Dont expect the mainstream media to double-check that they are all from the state theyre reporting about.
3. Open Carry Texas told members months ago to not take long arms into businesses without express permission. Contrary to news reports, this organization is not lead by gun zealots that want to make people feel nervous about weapons being in stores. (Never mind that having people with legal weapons should make people feel safer, since theyre a good deterrent against criminals.) This organization is focused on legislative action, namely getting open carry fully restored in the state of Texas.
4. The people were carrying long guns in public for the shock factor, because theyre gun nuts! commentary is a lie. This is an important issue to clarify, especially for the benefit of people outside Texas. The Moms Demand Action organization is very pleased with the fact that this story is getting national attention, especially in states where people can open carry handguns. A quick Twitter experiment shows that this tactic is working for them.
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There were no replies to that, just a single retweet as of this writing. Thats a big problem.
The reason why the Open Carry Texas activists are going around with long guns is because those are the only kinds of weapons that are legal for them to open carry.
Texas gun laws are interesting, to say the least. While the people are generally for guns, the laws are a little, well bizarre. In summary from Texaslawshield.com:
In Texas, it is generally illegal to carry a handgun outside of a persons own premises. However, a person may carry, either open or concealed, in a non-threatening or alarming manner, a shotgun or rifle.
With the exception of about a handful of situations, one must have a concealed carry license to carry a handgun in Texas. This is why Open Carry Texas activists are going around with long guns.
5. Anti-gun activists are using the media to target Open Carry Texas because they are worried. The liberals are very nervous, because Open Carry Texas is getting very close to getting what they want a sensible open carry handgun law.
Over the past year, our members have done what no other gun rights organization has been able to do put open carry at the forefront of the fight to restore gun rights for all Texans.
Thats a tiny portion of a press release by Open Carry Texas and a few other organizations working for a new handgun law in Texas. They are in the spotlight because they are succeeding, and thats making liberals extremely nervous. They are so nervous that they are pulling out all the stops, and using the liberal media to depict these groups as a bunch of crazies that will only cause more gun violence. That simply isnt true.
Just like everything else, that means that conservatives have to set the record straight.
found here http://buzzpo.com/things-need-know-target-open-carry-texas/
5 Things You Need to Know About Target and Open Carry Texas
by Liz Harrison on July 2, 2014 in BuzzPo, Gun control, Politics
23
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1.08k
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Its no secret that the mainstream media has no interest in covering news without bias, especially when it comes to gun control. The latest smear has been a dust up about Target stores and the pro-gun organization Open Carry Texas. Unfortunately, because this is happening in Texas, its very easy for the liberal media to distort the facts. Lets take a moment to clear things up.
1. Target hasnt banned weapons from their stores. Contrary to what Huffington Post is at least implying, the store simply didnt ban guns. What they did do was respectfully ask people to choose not to bring weapons into their stores. Dana Loesch explains that clearly for everyone.
2. No, the pictures of people with long guns arent all from Texas. Again, were dealing with news with an agenda. Moms Demand Action pushed out the photographs. Dont expect the mainstream media to double-check that they are all from the state theyre reporting about.
3. Open Carry Texas told members months ago to not take long arms into businesses without express permission. Contrary to news reports, this organization is not lead by gun zealots that want to make people feel nervous about weapons being in stores. (Never mind that having people with legal weapons should make people feel safer, since theyre a good deterrent against criminals.) This organization is focused on legislative action, namely getting open carry fully restored in the state of Texas.
4. The people were carrying long guns in public for the shock factor, because theyre gun nuts! commentary is a lie. This is an important issue to clarify, especially for the benefit of people outside Texas. The Moms Demand Action organization is very pleased with the fact that this story is getting national attention, especially in states where people can open carry handguns. A quick Twitter experiment shows that this tactic is working for them.
octtweet
There were no replies to that, just a single retweet as of this writing. Thats a big problem.
The reason why the Open Carry Texas activists are going around with long guns is because those are the only kinds of weapons that are legal for them to open carry.
Texas gun laws are interesting, to say the least. While the people are generally for guns, the laws are a little, well bizarre. In summary from Texaslawshield.com:
In Texas, it is generally illegal to carry a handgun outside of a persons own premises. However, a person may carry, either open or concealed, in a non-threatening or alarming manner, a shotgun or rifle.
With the exception of about a handful of situations, one must have a concealed carry license to carry a handgun in Texas. This is why Open Carry Texas activists are going around with long guns.
5. Anti-gun activists are using the media to target Open Carry Texas because they are worried. The liberals are very nervous, because Open Carry Texas is getting very close to getting what they want a sensible open carry handgun law.
Over the past year, our members have done what no other gun rights organization has been able to do put open carry at the forefront of the fight to restore gun rights for all Texans.
Thats a tiny portion of a press release by Open Carry Texas and a few other organizations working for a new handgun law in Texas. They are in the spotlight because they are succeeding, and thats making liberals extremely nervous. They are so nervous that they are pulling out all the stops, and using the liberal media to depict these groups as a bunch of crazies that will only cause more gun violence. That simply isnt true.
Just like everything else, that means that conservatives have to set the record straight.
