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Texas Wins Darwin Award - Open Carry at Psychiatric Hospitals is the Law of the Land
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Shoot, Aim, Ready - D'OH!
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Date: January 09, 2016 07:29AM
The new Open Carry Law in Texas that allows handguns to be openly carried everywhere even permits handgun owners to bring pistols into state-run psychiatric hospitals.
The signs that previously said guns are forbidden on psychiatric hospital premises have been replaced with ones asking people to leave their weapons in their cars or to keep them concealed.
The Austin State Hospital was forced to take down its "No Guns" signs. This development affects at least 10 Texas mental health facilities, according to the Department of State Health.
Prior to the law taking effect, there had been debate about how the law would affect life on college campuses. A University of Texas panel recommended banning guns in dormitories, but the state's attorney general said that would violate the new law.
The revelation about the psychiatric hospitals shows another way the open-carry law created unintended consequences.
Even an official from one of the state's largest groups advocating for the law told the Austin American-Statesman that he didn't envision an environment where guns would be acceptable in psychiatric hospitals.
Texas Carry executive director Terry Holcomb said legislators should examine this aspect of the law.
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The signs that previously said guns are forbidden on psychiatric hospital premises have been replaced with ones asking people to leave their weapons in their cars or to keep them concealed.
The Austin State Hospital was forced to take down its "No Guns" signs. This development affects at least 10 Texas mental health facilities, according to the Department of State Health.
Prior to the law taking effect, there had been debate about how the law would affect life on college campuses. A University of Texas panel recommended banning guns in dormitories, but the state's attorney general said that would violate the new law.
The revelation about the psychiatric hospitals shows another way the open-carry law created unintended consequences.
Even an official from one of the state's largest groups advocating for the law told the Austin American-Statesman that he didn't envision an environment where guns would be acceptable in psychiatric hospitals.
Texas Carry executive director Terry Holcomb said legislators should examine this aspect of the law.
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Re: Texas Wins Darwin Award - Open Carry at Psychiatric Hospitals is the Law of the Land
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VXp3x
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Date: January 09, 2016 09:10AM
So you would have a bunch of crazy Texans killing another bunch of crazy Texans. Why does anyone think this is a problem?
Re: Texas Wins Darwin Award - Open Carry at Psychiatric Hospitals is the Law of the Land
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Darwin
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Date: January 09, 2016 09:18AM
VXp3x Wrote:
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> So you would have a bunch of crazy Texans killing
> another bunch of crazy Texans. Why does anyone
> think this is a problem?
Actually that's a really good point.
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> So you would have a bunch of crazy Texans killing
> another bunch of crazy Texans. Why does anyone
> think this is a problem?
Actually that's a really good point.