H. Drew Blackburn, Texas Monthly writer
of Look's like Texas's New Law Gun Laws Are Confusing Everybody,
writes an attentive perspective on how people are not educated about the Texas
gun laws. If his second subtitle didn’t
catch your attention, “Where can you take
that hunk of metal," then perhaps your part of the audience that’s a
gun owner and or would like to know about why the confusion on the “specifics”.
The
main focus of the confusion takes place on where and when people are able to
carry their guns.
“Essentially, open carry is legal
in the same places that concealed carry is, but whether or not open carry
is legal in churches or campuses when school isn’t in session, the specifics of
bringing guns into businesses, and whether law enforcement or businesses can
ask for a license are all still murky.”
In
addition from the quote above, he provides evidence to support about the
confusion on open carry that occurs in local grocery stores such as WALMART and
HEB. This involves policies that the police enact himself or herself on the gun
owner about having a permit for gun ownership.
As
the articles continues, what stood out to me was followed
by this quote.
“But the problem extends beyond businesses.”
“But the problem extends beyond businesses.”
Which
led to his final example on campus carry at the University of Texas. Blackburn
discussed about University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven stating
that this could matter could change with a lawsuit.
His
conclusion makes it understandable that confusion shouldn’t be surprising,
considering the many perspectives people say about the right to bare arms.
But I would have to say that I never read such an article pointing out the confusion, only on black and white opinions on who is against and who is for this law. This article made me think that perhaps this law system should be more
informative to the public so everyone will be safe; that way there would be more grey area opinions.
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