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Gov. Perry for packing heat.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said that he's in favor of removing all of the restrictions for people to carry their concealed handguns.

Basically... as long as you're legally carrying... you should be able to take it anywhere.

I'm not really sure how I feel about that.

Read on....

He makes a few good points in this article though.

I mean, if a student at Va. Tech would have had a gun, maybe he could have stopped the rampage that left so many dead.

Or if some crazy guy comes into the church you are attending with a gun, no sense in not being able to protect yourself.

That's why we have the broad justifiable homicide rule. You have the right to shoot dead anybody you fear is trying to take your life or property.

Now...I don't think allowing people to take guns into bars is a good idea at all.

But the murders in town a few days ago perhaps could have been prevented if somebody else brandished a gun and scared off the perps.....

Or, it could have simply turned into an old-fashioned western gunslinger battle like in the movies.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
By JAY ROOT

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, mulling ways to stop the kind of murderous rampages that recently left 33 dead on a college campus in Virginia, said Monday there’s one sure-fire solution he likes: allow Texans to take their concealed handguns anywhere.

Period.

Perry said he opposes any concealed gun-toting restrictions at all — whether it’s in a hospital, a public school, a beer joint or even the local courthouse.

“The last time I checked, putting a sign up that says 'Don’t bring your weapons in here,' someone who has ill intent on their mind — they could care less," Perry told reporters. “I think it makes sense for Texans to be able to protect themselves from deranged individuals, whether they're in church or whether on a college campus or wherever."

As reporters began clicking off a list of places where concealed permit holders face restrictions, Perry cut off the questioning and made it clear that he meant anywhere at all.

Under current law, secured airport areas, hospitals, courthouses, bars, churches and schools are among the places where weapons are or can be banned, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

People entering federal courts in Texas are routinely required to leave even their cell phones behind.

“Let me cover it right here," Perry said. “I think a person ought to be able to carry their weapons with them anywhere in this state if they are licensed and they have gone through the training. The idea that you’re going to exempt them from a particular place is non-sense to me."

State Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, called Perry’s proposal “a terrible idea."

“Anybody has a right to tell somebody that they can’t bring their handgun into their place of business," Burnam said. “I think the governor is just overreaching in a counterproductive way and it's kind of typical (of the) governor — shoot from the hip, literally and figuratively."

Perry made the remarks at a news conference after meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to discuss ways to prevent mass shootings and enhance school safety. The discussion stems from President Bush’s drive to find solutions to such tragedies in the wake of the carnage at Virginia Tech University.

About 260,000 Texans, who have undergone mandatory background check and training, are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, records show. In the last fiscal year, 180 licenses were revoked and 493 were suspended for unknown reasons, records show.

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