New Open Carry Law Allows Texans To Brandish Swords, Machetes And Spears

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Under a new state law, people in Texas can now openly carry huge swords, knives, machetes, spears and daggers.

The law, HB 1935, makes it legal for Texans to brandish blades longer than 5.5 inches most anywhere, with some restrictions. It went into effect on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017.

All kinds of knives and knife-like items are included under the new law, according to the San Angelo Standard-Times.

The list includes Jim Bowie knives, daggers, throwing knives, swords, katanas, machetes and spears — you name it, really.

Texas House Rep. John Frullo, a Republican from Lubbock, introduced the new law earlier this year.

The bill encountered opposition this summer after a 21-year-old man, Kendrex J. White, stabbed four people — killing one of them — with a hunting knife on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in May.

As a compromise, state legislators added several location restrictions to the bill.

Places in Texas where people must not openly carry huge knives and swords include school campuses, polling places, bars, amusement parks, churches and prisons. The legislation also bars such weapons from sporting events (though there is an exception for event participants if the events involve large bladed weapons).

The law also stipulates that Lone Star state residents under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian with them when openly carrying huge knives and swords.

 

 

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“It’s going to make it easier for hunters and people that have professional jobs where they use over-sized knives for their particular tasks,” the store owner, Phillip Watkins, told the station.

As examples, Watkins suggested “lawn care and chefs, or these traveling chefs going to festivals, and then your hunters that go hog hunting and carry a tougher knife than just your general public.”

Amarillo Police Department spokesman Jeb Hilton said he does not expect the new law to bring about dramatic changes.

“Most people in Texas carry a knife,” Hilton told KVII-TV, “and it is going to be a little bit of a shock to see someone carrying a machete or sword around. But once the law gets out and people know that that’s okay, I don’t think we will get a lot of calls on it.”

 

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/02/sweet-freedom-new-open-carry-law-allows-texans-to-brandish-swords-machetes-and-spears/

 

 

[TBoneTX 43,004]

A whole bunch of new laws took effect on Sept. 1.

TX Legislature meets biennially and met this year.  This year, Gov. Abbott ordered a special session.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

3 hours ago, IAMX said:

 

Under a new state law, people in Texas can now openly carry huge swords, knives, machetes, spears and daggers.

The law, HB 1935, makes it legal for Texans to brandish blades longer than 5.5 inches most anywhere, with some restrictions. It went into effect on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017.

 

    The law allows you to carry. Brandish is defined as "wave or flourish, as a threat or in anger".

 

    I don't think you really want to "brandish" a sword. Especially not in a state where everyone else is carrying a gun.

[TBoneTX 43,004]

Shoot feral hogs from hot-air balloons instead.  Legal now.

[Ban Hammer 12,829]

On 9/3/2017 at 4:09 AM, Steeleballz said:

 

    The law allows you to carry. Brandish is defined as "wave or flourish, as a threat or in anger".

 

    I don't think you really want to "brandish" a sword. Especially not in a state where everyone else is carrying a gun.

i'm sure there are plenty of darwin awards still to be awarded.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

6 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Shoot feral hogs from hot-air balloons instead.  Legal now.

 

   What could go wrong?

[Steeleballz 7,550]

6 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

i'm sure there are plenty of darwin awards still to be awarded.

 

    No doubt.

[eieio 1,594]

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Shoot feral hogs from hot-air balloons instead.  Legal now.

Nice....but kind of a weird new law. I never knew there was even a demand for that.

[TBoneTX 43,004]

Oh, man -- the feral hogs have no natural predators, and they tear up fields and even residential yards.  The damage is not to be underestimated.  In fact, a professor at Texas A&M University is an expert on feral hogs, and I heard a fascinating radio interview of him.  If the pig carcasses are handled correctly, the meat can become food, and indeed some hunters have found meat-processing plants that will take it.  There's definitely a science to dealing with feral hogs in their life cycle.

 

One can also shoot coyotes from the hot-air balloons.  I presume that this is the canine type (some of which have been sighted very near my own neighborhood) and not the human-smuggling kind.  We should read the exact language of the new law to see how specific it is, in this regard.

[TBoneTX 43,004]

The above inspires me to repeat this (not original, unfortunately):

 

"I just met a man with one leg named Larry.  I didn't ask what his other leg was called."

[TBoneTX 43,004]

Here's an excellent article from one of the very few outstanding columnists at the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/sports/outdoors/article/Texas-losing-war-on-feral-hogs-4685490.php

 

[eieio 1,594]

5 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Oh, man -- the feral hogs have no natural predators, and they tear up fields and even residential yards.  The damage is not to be underestimated.  In fact, a professor at Texas A&M University is an expert on feral hogs, and I heard a fascinating radio interview of him.  If the pig carcasses are handled correctly, the meat can become food, and indeed some hunters have found meat-processing plants that will take it.  There's definitely a science to dealing with feral hogs in their life cycle.

 

One can also shoot coyotes from the hot-air balloons.  I presume that this is the canine type (some of which have been sighted very near my own neighborhood) and not the human-smuggling kind.  We should read the exact language of the new law to see how specific it is, in this regard.

I presume that this is the canine type.

 

lol. 

 

I would imagine you have coyotes all over Texas. They are really nothing to fear.....the hogs though need severe control.....but it seems they are there to stay....no matter how many get shot.

 

 

[TBoneTX 43,004]

And here's the page for the Texas A&M department.  The feral-hog expert is Dr. Billy Higginbotham (don't let the name fool you).

http://wildlife.tamu.edu/feral-hogs/

 

You're right about the hogs.

The coyotes have probably done away with some local house-cats.

Edited September 5, 2017 by TBoneTX

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2 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

And here's the page for the Texas A&M department.  The feral-hog expert is Dr. Billy Higginbotham (don't let the name fool you).

http://wildlife.tamu.edu/feral-hogs/

 

You're right about the hogs.

The coyotes have probably done away with some local house-cats.

I read about the possibility of poisoning. That will work if approved and used properly on a large scale. I would imagine it would face a regulatory and legal hurdle......but it is Texas....so if any state could get it done I would put my money on them. 

[TBoneTX 43,004]

Poisoning has its drawbacks, too... not an easy problem to tackle.

 

"They told me it couldn't be done, but I grinned and went right to it.

  I tackled that job that couldn't be done, and by gum, I couldn't do it!"