Noah on Texas’ Open Carry: They’re ‘Supergay for Guns’

NOAH: “And that brings us to 2016. Texas started the year off with a bang.” 
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UNKNOWN FEMALE: “A new open-carry gun law taking affect in Texas. It allows licensed gun owners to carry a holstered gun in public.” 
UNKNOWN REPORTER: “Texas is one of the last states to legalize it. Now the forty-fifth with some form of handgun open carry.”
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NOAH: “Ah, Texas, even made me move to the desk. (Laughter) Because whenever I’m doing a story about guns I like to have something I can duck behind. (Laughter) [indecipherable] the San Bernardino, Charleston and the slew of other shootings, Texas has legalized open carrying, all right? And the few fire arms that they couldn’t already. Because Texans could already carry assault rivals. So, basically it is like they started at a ten on the crazy scale and now they are saying, you know what, let’s throw in a seven as well. (Laughter) And I understand many people are worried that if people carry guns openly, that’s going to lead to more gun incidents. But that’s not necessarily true. After all, ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ openly carried his gun. But his feet were the real danger. (Laughter) And they were always concealed. (Laughter) But also, open carry doesn’t mean more people will be carrying guns. They were already doing that, it’s Texas. All it means is that now they can be open about it. And that’s all they were asking for.
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UNKNOWN REPORTER: “It’s about time many Texans will tell you.” 
UNKNOWN MALE: “I don’t have to worry about am I hiding anything.” 
UNKNOWN MALE: “You’ll see more and more people realize it’s no big deal, really.” 
UNKNOWN MALE: “Everybody should have the freedom to defend themselves however they choose.” 
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NOAH: “Yeah. You see, gun lovers in Texas just — they want to stop hiding who they really are. Although it is a little odd how as soon as people got this right, they immediately went out into the streets. [indecipherable] staying, they were just running around, like ‘Yahoo, now I’m going to bring my gun everywhere.’ (Laughter) They were in the street. Let’s go shopping and the laundromat, and hey, I’m late for my shift at the coffee shop.’ (Laughter) And you know what, a little exuberance is fine. But the people in Texas, [indecipherable] this weird for me is, this was almost a little bit like when gay people first realized that society was starting to accept that people might be openly gay, and they immediately went out and started dancing on truck beds dressed as giant penises — (Laughter) — which on the one hand is great, I mean you’ll be you. But at a certain point we get it, you love giant penises. (Laughter) So, now the Texas is out of the closet about being supergay for guns. What should people do if they see somebody walking around with one?”