Texas to Become 45th State to Allow Open Carry

This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Monday, December 28, 2015:

On January 1, 2016, a new Texas law will allow those Texans with concealed carry permits to carry their firearms openly, if they wish. That leaves just California (except in some rural counties, with a permit), Florida, Illinois, New York, and South Carolina with laws prohibiting open carry.

Much fuss is being made about the change — the first time since 1871 that Texas has allowed open carry — with law officers attending classes about how to handle the new law while business owners are deciding whether they should take advantage of a provision in the new law that would allow them to post signs denying open carry.

Al Flores, an attorney for the restaurant chain Gringo’s, which has 14 restaurants in and around Houston, decided against allowing customers to open carry

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