Texas Two-Fer: Lawmakers Approve Constitutional Carry, 2A Sanctuary Bills

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The state of Texas has long had a reputation as being vehemently pro-gun. However, they also had a training requirement you had to deal with before lawfully carrying a firearm. That’s less than ideal, to say the least. What the state needed was constitutional carry.

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Then again, I’m of the opinion that every state needs constitutional carry, though plenty of states disagree.

Anyway, without constitutional carry, Texans were still going to have to go through a mandatory training class just to exercise their Second Amendment rights. That’s wrong on every level.

Luckily, that’s now also history.

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I’m not going to lie, that’s one compromise provision I’d just as soon see having not been kept. There’s absolutely no reason to question anyone for carrying a gun without probable cause they shouldn’t be.

Still, as bad as that provision is, this is still a huge win for Texans.

Now, all that’s left is for Gov. Abbot to sign the bill and it’s all over but the anti-gun crying. Then again, when is that really ever over?

Yet this isn’t the totality of pro-gun action by the Texas legislature. Monday evening, the state Senate gave its final approval to a Second Amendment Sanctuary bill as well.

That’s fantastic news as well, and Second Amendment activists in the Lone Star State deserve a round of applause and a big thanks from gun owners around the country. These two bills are now certain to become law, and they’ll give a big boost to Second Amendment activism and the right to carry revolution, making it far more likely that other red states will soon follow Texas’ lead.

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Gov. Abbott still needs to sign these bills into law, but that’s almost a formality at this point. Texas will soon be a Constitutional Carry and Second Amendment Sanctuary state, and that’s a very good thing for all of us who support the right to keep and bear arms.

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