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Offline Student of Qi

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Texans can now carry swords
« on: September 01, 2017, 12:52:42 PM »
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    • http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/11/texas-law-will-allow-open-carry-knives-swords.html


    Texas law will allow open carry of knives, swords
    By FOX 7 AustinPublished July 11, 2017

    A new law in Texas will allow people over 18 to carry knives with blades longer than 5 ½ inches in public.  (FOX 7 Austin)
    AUSTIN, Texas –  A new law in Texas will allow people over 18 to carry knives with blades longer than 5 ½ inches in public.

    That means after September 1, people possessing anything from daggers to swords will not be breaking any laws.
    “What this law does is it gets rid of all that grey area and simplifies the law,” said AJ Postell, co-founder of Lone Star Gun Rights.
    Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed House Bill 1935 into law, removing size restrictions on knife blades carried publicly by adults.
                   
    “The way the law currently is is that any knife with a blade length over 5 ½  inches is prohibited, so with the new law, it basically takes all that prohibited language off the books thus allowing knives over 5 ½  inches of blade length, also daggers, double-edged knives, dirks, even swords will soon come legal September 1,” Postell said.
    Part of the reason knife activists fought for the bill is because they feel Texans were being unfairly labeled as criminals for carrying knives.
    “We were seeing a lot of Texans get in trouble for the mere possession of something that they were legally allowed to own and to buy, but they were getting in trouble for possessing that item,” said Postell. 
    Even after September, long knives will not be allowed in several places; including bars, schools, churches, airports, government buildings, hospitals, correctional facilities, sporting events and polling locations.

    “If someone goes into a business and the business owner or an employee is not comfortable with what they're carrying, they can ask them to leave or ask them to go place it in their vehicle and, again, law abiding people are going to do that,” Postell said.
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    Re: Texans can now carry swords
    « Reply #1 on: September 01, 2017, 12:58:14 PM »
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    • Here is a link to a copy of the reformsd bill:

    http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/85R/billtext/pdf/HB01935E.pdf
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    Re: Texans can now carry swords
    « Reply #2 on: September 01, 2017, 12:58:44 PM »
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    • Great. Now I can get out my machete.
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    Re: Texans can now carry swords
    « Reply #3 on: September 01, 2017, 01:29:03 PM »
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    • Now you just need a few good men! 


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    Re: Texans can now carry swords
    « Reply #4 on: September 04, 2017, 09:03:31 AM »
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    • And women...



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    Re: Texans can now carry swords
    « Reply #5 on: September 04, 2017, 09:42:03 AM »
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    • I see many football-related duels happening now.
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    Re: Texans can now carry swords
    « Reply #6 on: September 05, 2017, 05:49:23 AM »
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