Daily Archives: July 8, 2016

Balancing Freedoms: Texas Open Carry Gun Law and Public Meetings

By Drew Shirley | Posted on July 8, 2016

While the First and Second Amendments provide our constitutional rights to free speech and to bear arms, there is legal leeway for a Texas municipality to bar the open carry of handguns in a public meeting of city council. As of January 1, 2016, Texas gun laws provide concealed handgun license owners to openly… Read More »