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Texas Set to Approve Open-Carry of Guns

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Final vote next week.

Texas is nearing final approval of a bill allowing licensed owners to openly carry handguns. The state’s House voted 96-35 on Friday to pass the bill, allowing handguns to be carried in a shoulder or belt holster. A final vote on the bill will come next week (the Senate approved a similar bill last month) then go to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott, who has said he is on board with any legislation “that expands Second Amendment rights.”

Read it at Dallas News