The Dallas Morning News seems to have appointed themselves the official platform for those who oppose open carry in Texas.
Following on the heels of an editorial earlier in the week, Jacquielynn Floyd used her column to bemoan the fact that there can be no “sensible dialog” about guns and then segues into a discussion of Representative Lavender’s proposed open carry bill.
To her credit, she does say that she doesn’t believe that “there’s a lot of harm” in passage of open carry but then goes on to state that “The dopey argument that more guns in more hands will somehow ‘prevent crime’ is specious nonsense because bad guys always have the advantage of being prepared for their own badness.”
Perhaps she should talk to the thousands on Texas citizens who have been protected from assault, rape, and murder by the presence of a lawfully owned firearm before making such a broad, unsupportable generalization.
Let her know your opinion at The Dallas Morning News.
Jerry Patterson, current Land Commissioner of Texas and 2014 candidate for Lt. Governor, was in the Texas Senate in 1995 when he wrote and helped shepherd the Texas concealed carry law.
In what can only be described as a brilliant marketing move, The Mountain Home Auto Ranch in Mountain Home, Idaho is offering to pay $400 toward the purchase of any firearm if you buy a new truck there.
The Dallas Morning News has come out swinging against the idea of Texans being allowed to open carry.
Every year the Scottsdale Gun Club in Scottsdale Arizona hosts a fun and unique Christmas event that is sure to drive anti-gunners crazy.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch commissioned Virginia Commonwealth University professor Thomas R. Baker to review trends in guns sales and crime over the last 6 years.
With the catchy intro “Salvation isn’t automatic — but it might be semiautomatic,” an article in The Daily notes that more and more churches are offering carry classes in an effort to reach out to hunters and shooters.
Texas will be the next open carry state if Representative George Lavender has anything to say about it. The Texarkana Republican says he will push for a bill in the upcoming 2013 session.
