News Channel 6 by Taylor Mitchell | April 8, 2021
New Texas House Bill would allow Texans to carry firearm without a permit, may become law this year
A new Texas House Bill that would allow Texans to carry a firearm without a permit has a chance of becoming law this year.
Texas House Bill 1911 has been passed out of the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee. It is now waiting for the full vote of the house.
“So, right now if you want to either conceal carry or open carry in Texas you have to undergo a license requirement, meaning that you have to provide finger prints, go through about four to six hours of training and then go through a gun range and do a shooting proficiency,†said Jeanette Arpero, criminal justice professor at WTAMU.
This bill would no longer require people to carry a license for a firearm when outside of their home or vehicle, and training would be optional.
“This has already passed through the legislative body; it just has to get on the Calendar for Committees to go before them for the final approval vote. The person that is going to be presenting it to them is the author of the bill itself. So, it would seem that it would have a lot higher chance of passing this time then it did in 2017,†said Ryan Neusch, licensed to carry instructor in Amarillo.
In 2017 the house considered a similar bill, but it didn’t pass. At the time the legislative budget board said it could cost the state $30 million in lost licensed fees. Now the board says they cannot make an accurate estimate of the costs.
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