TEA Party offers information on gun law changes

The first of a two-part series

Dec. 14, the Edom TEA Party hosted an event at Edom City Limits with Terry Holcomb Sr., executive director with Texas Carry of Coldspring, Texas.

The presentation was designed to provide citizens of Van Zandt County with everything they needed to know about the new handgun laws which will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2016.

Holcomb is called the “open carry preacher.” He became one of the strongest gun rights activists in the state in 2013 after, he said, the state legislature failed to protect second amendment rights. During such activism, Holcomb said he was arrested while legally open carrying a pre-1899 black powder pistol replica. His case was eventually dismissed, but not without a fight. With the lack of a strong gun rights group to lobby, litigate and educate for all aspects of the second amendment, Texas Carry was born to advocate for those rights, Holcomb said.

According to Holcomb, Texas Carry is an all-volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization devoted to protecting and improving the fundamental civil right to keep and bear arms in Texas.

He said the group exists only to work for its members and the millions of Texas gun owners and has no obligation to any politician or national organization. 
The goals of Texas Carry are to organize activities among members to advance Texas second amendment rights, effectively lobby the legislature and demand compliance of state and federal laws from local infringement, Holcomb said.

“Texas Carry works hard to advance gun rights and fight injudicious gun control laws that help criminals while hindering law abiding citizens,” he said. 

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