Considering a move to Texas

[stealthyeliminator]

A very significant positive often overlooked is that there is no restriction upon concealed carry at all under Texas laws.

Unlike most states that exclude concealed carry from the right to carry Texas merely has a blanket handgun prohibition that cannot pass the SCOTUS standard of scrutiny under Heller/McDonald.

Point is.....constitutional carry is readily within the grasp of Texans.... long gun / handgun...whatever.

I definitely misunderstood. I thought you meant that most often people consider Texas to not have constitutional carry (which many LEOs, DAs and judges apparently do not considering all of the arrests being made), but apparently you meant that most of people don't consider the fact that Texas does have constitutional carry of long guns. Am I understanding better now? Sorry for the mix-up

 

[rpyne]

I definitely misunderstood. I thought you meant that most often people consider Texas to not have constitutional carry (which many LEOs, DAs and judges apparently do not considering all of the arrests being made), but apparently you meant that most of people don't consider the fact that Texas does have constitutional carry of long guns. Am I understanding better now? Sorry for the mix-up

Texas does NOT have constitutional carry, it has very restrictive concealed carry that requires a permit that is expensive and not so easy to get. Open carry of a handgun is strictly forbidden.

Utah changed the non-resident permit requirement to include having the resident permit of one's home state if possible before getting a Utah permit because of blackmail by Texas. Many Texans were getting the Utah permit instead of the Texas permit because the list of disqualifiers and cost in Texas are so draconian, so rather than take the heat for changing Texas law to require residents to have a Texas permit, Texas legislators contacted Utah legislators and threatened to stop honoring Utah permits if Utah didn't change the requirement.

My research while trying to help my daughter get her permit when she lived in Texas showed that it would take at least three classes and cost a least $350.00 for the classes and permit application.

 

[stealthyeliminator]

I meant constitutional carry of long guns only. Not sure how people define constitutional carry or if its possibly to have it for just one type of firearm. At any rate, while carry of handguns is heavily regulated, there is no statute regulating the carry of long guns. The only thing that comes close is disorderly conduct which describes carrying a weapon in a manner calculated to cause alarm