What's the big deal? Looks like they are comparing apples to oranges in the article.

You have to be 21 to purchase a handgun, 18 to purchase a long gun.

It was this part that perked my ears:

“If you get behind on your taxes – no right to carry,” he added. “If you’re delinquent on your child support – no right to carry. If you are arrested for a crime (whether you committed it or not) – no right to carry until your case is resolved. If you are convicted of or plead to ANY class B misdemeanor or higher, you lose your right to carry for five years.”

“It also requires that you sacrifice your 1st amendment free speech because if you are charged and/or convicted for using profanity or flipping the bird in public, you lose your right to carry,” he continued. “While it may sound absurd, it’s also within the law to lose your rights for farting in public (see Texas Penal Code 42.01).”

Griss, looks you were posting while I was still typing.

But I will add that, I learned to spell "embellishing" more simplistically: BS

Marc

It was this part that perked my ears:

“If you get behind on your taxes – no right to carry,” he added. “If you’re delinquent on your child support – no right to carry. If you are arrested for a crime (whether you committed it or not) – no right to carry until your case is resolved. If you are convicted of or plead to ANY class B misdemeanor or higher, you lose your right to carry for five years.”

“It also requires that you sacrifice your 1st amendment free speech because if you are charged and/or convicted for using profanity or flipping the bird in public, you lose your right to carry,” he continued. “While it may sound absurd, it’s also within the law to lose your rights for farting in public (see Texas Penal Code 42.01).”

The way I look at it is the use of respect . If a person has an attitude problem and needs to use profanity and hand signs when they get upset then myself would not want to be around them . Who knows when they may get beyond mad and start pointing or waving around their pistol , that is a threat and could be fatal to that person not only from LEOs' but from another carrier that respects the situation and handgun and may feel threatened . A handgun license only gives you permission to carry a handgun soley for the purpose of self protection . If a problem arrises and does not involve you , you could be arrested and charged with a deadly weapon unless a person is being attacked and has no way to protect themselves and it's a matter of life and death .

In your first paragraph I can't say I agree or not . I know that's a way of making you pay your taxes or child support . Of course if your paying child support and miss payments for reasons acceptable that's fine but if you stop paying because of dispute between you and the ex then that's wrong . If you make babies , take care of them reguardless the factor ! As far as being convicted of any crime I don't believe you should have a license at all if convicted . As I mentioned above , a handgun is a deadly weapon . It demands respect in all manners and attitudes . If you cannot respect that about a deadly weapon you don't need to be carrying .

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my thoughts as well there are some folks that currently have a concealed carry license that I wouldn't even go to the range with due to their attitudes and "john wayne sysndrome". But yet they are authorized to carry.

The program isn't perfect, and Darwin will weed out the stupid, hopefully before they hurt someone

Would this apply to concealed carry, open carry or both?

As I mentioned above , a handgun is a deadly weapon . It demands respect in all manners and attitudes . If you cannot respect that about a deadly weapon you don't need to be carrying .

Yep. There are an awful lot of hootleheads out there. I don't mind a CC class weeding out a few.

Yep. There are an awful lot of hootleheads out there. I don't mind a CC class weeding out a few.

You're lying to yourself if you think any significant number of people get weeded out by a CHL class. My CHL instructor said no one had ever failed and only one person even had to retake the shooting test, once. If that is a legitimate concern the shooting test should be harder, it is a joke as is.