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.The other thing we learned about Miss Davis this week is that she used to be a Republican. A few years ago, she registered as a Republican to vote in some primaries.
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 rival, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, marking her latest effort to eliminate it as a wedge issue in the campaign.
The state senator from Fort Worth said such a law should allow private property owners to determine whether weapons could be openly carried on their property. She also said background checks and training requirements would "help ensure that only mentally stable, law-abiding citizens may carry, whether concealed or open."
But her party and influential Democratic colleagues, including a fellow state senator running for lieutenant governor, disagree.
"There is little or no public safety justification for open carry," said Emmanuel Garcia, spokesman for the Texas Democratic Party."
I'm a little confused. She does not talk about abortion anymore, wants Texans to carry a "six-shooter" and used to be a GOP voter.
It all sounds a bit strange to me but that's the latest from Wendy Davis this week! I have a funny feeling that we will have another update soon.
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