+1 to the below.
Criminals, by definition, do criminal things like carry guns whenever they like regardless of what the laws are...uh, that's what makes them criminals. Literally, you can't get an anti-gun person to have a rational discussion about that fact, since there is no real defense against the point.
The guy who needs every legal leg up he can get is the law abiding citizen. The cops also need a leg up in dealing with the actual criminals, but it shouldn't occur at the expense of the rights of the innocent.
As long as a big percentage of this freaking planet is made of iron and there are people on its surface, there will be firearms or something similar. The only question is who has access to them.
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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
Good for TX. That cop's statement at the end is outrageous.
"We're letting drug dealers with Glocks under the seat go and say have a nice day. In the past we could have charged them at least with a weapons violation and confiscated the gun. Texas is wide open now. It's a huge story. This has just gone under everyone's radar."
Uh no. They're already breaking the law by being a drug dealer. If they ignore those laws, they probably don't bother going through the CCW process either. And if a cop has no probable cause to search a car on other grounds, then he wouldn't come across the gun anyway. I highly doubt any career drug dealer has a totally clean criminal record, which you would need to possess a gun at all, let alone carry it. BTW, in VA if you have no CCW and carry in your car, the gun has to be VISIBLE, i.e. on the dashboard, front seat, center console. Before AZ had reciprocity with VA, but open and car carry was ok, I just put my SIG P220 in the cup holder. Border Patrol stopped us a few times, saw the gun and said nothing at all.
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