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Charles L. Cotton wrote:All this talk about private property, 30.06/30.07 signs, businesses, etc. is an entertaining academic discussion. That's all it is. There is absolutely no support in Austin for denying businesses the ability to prohibit guns on their property. I know, I tried to promote that concept and it never got off the ground. Texas Assoc. of Business (TAB) would fight it like a tiger, as wood private property rights supporters.

I'm not saying anyone should refrain from discussing the issue, but don't think there's a chance of it passing.

Chas.

I think we're at a good place with the current 30.06/07 signs and the change in penalty so it's not a CHL death penalty (Class A to a Class C misd) if you accidentally walk past a 30.06 sign.

I'd much rather see the emphasis on changing the prohibited places. Sporting events/bars/etc. And if that needs to be married with a .02 BAC, I'd be fine with that. That's kind of how it's like in TN.

mr1337 wrote:

ralewis wrote:I completely concur.. It amazes me how a 'blue (hopefully RED this time)' state like PA might be the best gun law state in the country.

I would imagine that PA doesn't have to contend with masses of CA transplants.

That would be true... Would you move from anywhere warm to PA? I grew up there and I never go back between Nov and April...

ScottDLS wrote:
If a blue state like Pennsylvania can have a Uniform Firearms Act with virtually no restrictions on carrying, and no criminal "signs", and permitless open carry...and deep blue Vermont was original Constitutional carry state, we can get there...I guess it will just be step by step.

I completely concur.. It amazes me how a 'blue (hopefully RED this time)' state like PA might be the best gun law state in the country. I spend about 1.5 months a year in PA(NE PA-- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area), and guns are a complete and total non-issue. I've never seen a gunbuster sign, or any significant news discussion (other than the news about TX open carry and how it's been legal in PA and a non-issue for the most part). I've carried at sporting events, in bars, and in hospitals. Complete non-issue there. I see no reason why TX can't be the same.

I"ll pass on what I consider an anecdote indicating (to me) the acceptance of guns in PA.... I also have a PA LTC because everywhere I go is within 1000 feet of a school -- and one interpretation of the gun free school zone law was you had to have a license from the state the school was in. When I got my PA LTC, I went to the Luzerne County Court House, presented my TX CHL/$21, the Deputy Sheriff looked at the map on his wall and printed me a PA LTC.