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Sparhawk60

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22. It's Simple....

Reply to GGJohn (Reply #15)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 01:30 PM

Feb 2015

Because, in addition to being legal to carry guns on those campuses, you can also smoke pot. So, yea, you're open carrying, but you are really, really mellow about it.

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Open carry, campus carry (laws) advanced in Texas Senate [View all] Lodestar Feb 2015 OP

I would hope schools would discriminate against ignorant yahoos with a gun on their hip. N/t Hoyt Feb 2015 #1

Not such a good way to describe the professors. ManiacJoe Feb 2015 #10

They'll need gunz too. That's what the gunners want. Of course, most don't care for Hoyt Feb 2015 #13

What could possibly go wrong here? Midnight Writer Feb 2015 #2

Does anyone remember all the rifles removed from their pocoloco Feb 2015 #17

Do you remember that it was civilians using their own firearms GGJohn Feb 2015 #32

Why don't they call the bill, "Let's just shoot each other"? shenmue Feb 2015 #3

And yet Co. state colleges, WA. state colleges GGJohn Feb 2015 #15

It's Simple.... Sparhawk60 Feb 2015 #22

Except that those campuses only allow concealed carry, not open carry. eom. GGJohn Feb 2015 #24

So how come that doesn't happen at other colleges where concealed carry GGJohn Feb 2015 #33

If the law allows this then it should also allow folks to carry guns into the Senate chamber. n/t Lodestar Feb 2015 #4

Though that could make floor debates a lot more lively, maintaining a quorum could be a problem.n/t xocet Feb 2015 #21

gun owners are a threat to the citizenry and should be treated as such nt msongs Feb 2015 #5

What exactly should be done with them? candelista Feb 2015 #20

threatening citizens by keyboard Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #26

I wonder if the NRA allows open gun carry inside their headquarters? Lodestar Feb 2015 #6

NRA doesn't allow open carry on their convention floor. Someone might get killed. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #7

That would be the restriction of the insurance company for the building. ManiacJoe Feb 2015 #11

Insurance companies aren't fools. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #14

Speaking of insurance companies DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2015 #29

What increased risk? ManiacJoe Feb 2015 #36

Interesting! Never knew this. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #30

No. They know just how dangerous gunners are. Hoyt Feb 2015 #9

repeal Jim Crow... pass these modern laws ...nt quadrature Feb 2015 #8

GOP: A gun for every Idiot, an Idiot for every gun! Cryptoad Feb 2015 #12

Yay. So during an active shooter situation, christx30 Feb 2015 #16

Yeah, because that happens all the time. GGJohn Feb 2015 #34

Somewhere in the depths of hell, Charles Whitman is laughing his ass off. (nt) Paladin Feb 2015 #18

I remember the Texas Tower incidence. I just wonder if the rest of the world (including Texas) are jwirr Feb 2015 #19

I wonder if you remember that it was civilians with their own firearms GGJohn Feb 2015 #35

So? jwirr Feb 2015 #38

And? eom GGJohn Feb 2015 #39

We have not heard much about gun owners helping out lately. If you think I am anti gun you need jwirr Feb 2015 #40

That's a pro-gun militant myth. Paladin Feb 2015 #41

Headlines within a year of passing the law: lark Feb 2015 #23

If that were true, then how come the other campuses GGJohn Feb 2015 #25

Wel we all know that this year Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #27

Give them time Politicalboi Feb 2015 #28

They've had plenty of time, yet, so far, no "blood in the classrooms. GGJohn Feb 2015 #31

How many students ManiacJoe Feb 2015 #37