The Importance Of Open Carry

It is horrific how many gruesome attacks are taking place around the country. Most attacks involve mentally ill people shooting innocent people going about their everyday life. Think back to the heartbreaking day as Sandy Hook Elementary was fired upon. The security guards, principles, and most importantly the teachers were all defenseless. Many children lost their lives that day due to a person that was well armed and with protectors unequipped. People should be allowed to openly carry guns in Texas because of the danger that could possibly take place at anytime; they would have protection for themselves and others. Sandy Hook was just one of many harmful attacks upon this great nation. All over the world there are threats of terrorism from
While reading up on some articles about how to actually own a license “Such as being 21 years of age, or 18 and older if active duty in the military”. This tells us that the military is all for letting people that have served the right to open carry. Also, this article states that the license requires a 4 hour class on the rights and responsibilities of carrying a firearm, including non-violent conflict resolution and interactions with law enforcement. A class to register for a license does not actually help the cause because anyone can take the class and pass. Next, the applicant must pass a 50 shot timed performance test and a 25 question written test. This shows the professionals if you can handle the weapon with control and knowledge. This is in an effective way to make sure the right people are allowed to license open carry. Implementing a psychological test performed by a psychologist would definitely help strengthen the process of getting a license. Taking away guns only hurts the good people and allows the careless people to continue being armed since there will always be a market for unregistered guns that can be bought off the streets. No one is truly safe from such selfish acts. To elaborate that the open carry law is actually safe, here is an article to support my claim, "It is important to note that in the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower, the murder rate was 5 percent lower, the aggravated assault rate was 23 percent lower and robbery rates were 36 percent lower” (Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman). This shows statistically that certain states that allow open carry have significantly lower crime rates that involve firearms. This article also stated that casualties of death are lowered by five percent; look at how many lives were actually saved because of their