Wendy Davis supports open carry in TX?

AUSTIN, Texas — The Wild West tradition of openly carrying your six-shooter  on the street has long been banned in Texas under state law. But the next  governor could change that.

Rising Democratic star and gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has joined her  top Republican rival in supporting a proposed “open carry” law. It would allow  people with concealed handgun licenses to wear a pistol on their hip, in full  view, while in public.

Davis has said she supports expanding gun rights in Texas. In a  statement to The Associated Press, she said that includes open-carry — a  position that puts her at odds with her own party but could keep her from  alienating gun rights advocates in a deeply conservative state where the Second  Amendment is…

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Source: The Politico

 

 

 

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/wendy-davis-guns-open-carry-law-texas-103198.html

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