Firearm-related editorial in Austin, TX rag . . .

[HankB]

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/12/16/1216obrien_edit.html

This originally came from Kevin O'Brian at The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer . . . it discusses recent events and the Supreme Court . . . I won't post the whole thing, but here's the concluding paragraph, which references SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy, widely seen as a "swing" justice:

Either way, I hope that when Kennedy sits down to decide which way his vote will swing, he'll consider that when the shooting starts, an armed church is a safer place than a "gun-free" mall.

[GeoJAP]

I'm pretty impressed with Austin's attitude towards the Second Amendment and CHLs, even if it is a left-wing hippie town.  I'm from Texas and have lived here for 13 years. 

I have never run across a business with a 30.06 sign.  The city government has decided to make a horse's ass out of itself and post 30.06 signs, which are not legal.  But the people of Austin are pretty libertarian overall and the business owners are downright hospitable to CHLs. 

I have heard that Dallas and San Antonio have many 30.06 signs posted on many businesses, although I have not been there since I got my CHL this year.

[Manedwolf]

I'm pretty impressed with Austin's attitude towards the Second Amendment and CHLs, even if it is a left-wing hippie town.  I'm from Texas and have lived here for 13 years. 

One quote I've heard about Austin is that it's the only place you might see a dreadlocked white hippie in hemp clothing cleaning their SKS.

[wooderson]

I've not seen many 30.06 signs in Dallas, actually. Not even in the West Village/Park Cities/etc.

[HankB]

. . . I have never run across a business with a 30.06 sign.  . . .

They're around, but the places that have compliant PC30.06 signs are not generally open to the public - examples would be the offices and factories of Dell, 3M, etc.

Some other businesses have non-compliant signs - either citing an obsolete law, or saying something like "Security Notice - Concealed Weapons are Prohibited" . . . but of course, these signs have no meaning.

The one place I've noticed that had a sign citing PC30.06 was Half-Price Books . . . and considering it was on a single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, it was nowhere near being a "compliant" sign.

[Manedwolf]

The one place I've noticed that had a sign citing PC30.06 was Half-Price Books . . . and considering it was on a single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, it was nowhere near being a "compliant" sign.

Perhaps you can only have a gun in a library or bookstore if it has a silencer?

[Len Budney]

The one place I've noticed that had a sign citing PC30.06 was Half-Price Books . . . and considering it was on a single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, it was nowhere near being a "compliant" sign.

Perhaps you can only have a gun in a library or bookstore if it has a silencer?

I'd love to see stores start carrying the same sign as the local pistol range: "All firearms must be cased, holstered or concealed." As I translated it for my dad when he was in town and I took him out shooting, "Please don't enter the store waving a gun." 

--Len.

[El Tejon]

'06 signs used to be all over Saint Tony's in the mid-90s but gradually faded. 

I did not start going to Austin until right before TR-Tejas closed but I saw exactly one '06 sign (which was, dig this, inside the store, not on the door) and it was in a liquor store (I was confused by this and thought it was a 51% sign so I waited outside and read the paper while my buddy went and got the beer--Fat Tire of course).

[roo_ster]

I am in DFW and have seen them only at monster-corp owned buildings.