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February 10, 2014
Wendy Davis is talking guns these days, not abortion
Wendy Davis, the likely Democrat nominee for Texas governor, is talking a lot about guns these days as reported in The Dallas Morning News:
"The Wild West tradition of openly carrying your six-shooter on the street has long been banned in Texas under state law. But the next governor could change that.
Rising Democratic star and gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has joined her top Republican rival in supporting a proposed "open carry" law. It would allow people with concealed handgun licenses to wear a pistol on their hip, in full view, while in public.
Davis has said she supports expanding gun rights in Texas. In a statement to The Associated Press, she said that includes open-carry - a position that puts her at odds with her own party but could keep her from alienating gun rights advocates in a deeply conservative state where the Second Amendment is sacrosanct.
Davis' position now aligns her with her Republican gubernatorial...(Read Full Post)