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by KK » Tue May 25, 2021 11:53 am

BBC News wrote:Texas legislators have passed a bill which would allow most people to carry concealed handguns without a permit.

Current state rules require those carrying handguns to have a licence, training and background checks.

But Texas's Republican-run senate has voted to drop the restrictions.

The bill has been sent to Governor Greg Abbott, who has said he will sign it into law - despite warnings from gun control groups that it could endanger the public.

Texas has some of the loosest gun laws in the US and already allows rifles to be carried in public without a licence.

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The new measure would allow anyone aged 21 or older to carry a handgun unless they have past criminal convictions or legal restrictions on them.

Supporters of the new rules, often known as "constitutional carry", say they would allow Texans to better defend themselves in public and abolish unnecessary limits on the constitutional right to bear arms.

"This is a simple restoration of Texans' constitutional right under the Second Amendment, a right of the people to keep and bear arms," Senator Charles Schwertner, a Republican, said on Monday, the Texas Tribune reports.

Critics say the bill puts lives at risk. Beverly Powell, a Democratic senator, raised safety concerns from some law enforcement groups that opposed the bill.

"If I sit down at a restaurant with a gentleman or a woman who has a holster on their side and a gun in it, I want to know that person is well-trained in the use of that gun," she said.

The bill would still allow businesses to ban guns on their property and keep federal background checks for some gun purchases.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57239610

It's so insane, you gotta laugh.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Preezy » Tue May 25, 2021 12:02 pm

Third world country.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Squinty » Tue May 25, 2021 1:17 pm

Jesus.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Garth » Tue May 25, 2021 1:23 pm

Squinty wrote:Jesus.

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by Corazon de Leon » Tue May 25, 2021 1:24 pm

Bloody mental.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Photek » Tue May 25, 2021 1:24 pm

Preezy wrote:Third world country.

:roll:

What about the many states that DON'T have mental gun laws?

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Tomous » Tue May 25, 2021 1:31 pm

Preezy wrote:Third world country in a gucci belt


FTFY

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Preezy » Tue May 25, 2021 1:35 pm

Photek wrote:
Preezy wrote:Third world country.

:roll:

What about the many states that DON'T have mental gun laws?

What about them? I'm interested in the batshit mental states that treat guns like Jesus. They're insane.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Rocsteady » Tue May 25, 2021 1:36 pm

Photek wrote:
Preezy wrote:Third world country.

:roll:

What about the many states that DON'T have mental gun laws?

Third world country with better gun laws

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by Cuttooth » Tue May 25, 2021 1:37 pm

Photek wrote:
Preezy wrote:Third world country.

:roll:

What about the many states that DON'T have mental gun laws?

Don't worry they have mental laws about other things.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Victor Mildew » Tue May 25, 2021 1:37 pm

I love America, I'd move there today if I could.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Preezy » Tue May 25, 2021 1:39 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:I love America, I'd move there today if I could.

Well now you mention it, we've saved up the server donations to buy you a one-way ticket to Flint, Michigan - enjoy :toot:

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by Victor Mildew » Tue May 25, 2021 1:40 pm

Preezy wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:I love America, I'd move there today if I could.

Well now you mention it, we've saved up the server donations to buy you a one-way ticket to Flint, Michigan - enjoy :toot:


I'll give it a shot 8-)

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Preezy » Tue May 25, 2021 1:46 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:
Preezy wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:I love America, I'd move there today if I could.

Well now you mention it, we've saved up the server donations to buy you a one-way ticket to Flint, Michigan - enjoy :toot:


I'll give it a shot 8-)

You'll get shot, more like.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by BonalityMatrix » Tue May 25, 2021 1:47 pm

As crazy as I find their gun laws, I've always wanted to fire a handgun. I've been clay pigeon shooting, which was great fun.

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by Oblomov Boblomov » Tue May 25, 2021 1:48 pm

BonalityMatrix wrote:As crazy as I find their gun laws, I've always wanted to fire a handgun. I've been clay pigeon shooting, which was great fun.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to try firing a handgun. What's unbelievably messed up is wanting to carry one around with you, hidden, wherever you go in public and in the knowledge that anyone else could be doing the same thing.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Squinty » Tue May 25, 2021 1:50 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:I love America, I'd move there today if I could.


Can't do the next Eurovision if you moved though.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Tomous » Tue May 25, 2021 1:56 pm

BonalityMatrix wrote:As crazy as I find their gun laws, I've always wanted to fire a handgun. I've been clay pigeon shooting, which was great fun.



Nothing wrong with guns being used for sport with appropriate safety measures practiced.

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by Victor Mildew » Tue May 25, 2021 2:00 pm

BonalityMatrix wrote:As crazy as I find their gun laws, I've always wanted to fire a handgun. I've been clay pigeon shooting, which was great fun.


I did the classic brit abroad thing and went to a shooting range last time we were in Vegas. Had a go on a glock. It's so strawberry floating easy to use and hit with. On the target thing I went full partridge and got shots through both eyes, through the heart, and two right next to each other in the middle of the head. I'd never held a gun before, but imagine the damage you could do with one of them if it's that easy.

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PostRe: US Politics 3
by Dual » Tue May 25, 2021 2:01 pm

Guns are awesome tbf


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