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    FRINGE FACTOR

    Jun 01, 2018 3 minutes
    BY GUS BOVA

    TITLE/ORGANIZATION

    Founder, Open Carry Texas

    THE CAUSE

    More guns in more places

    NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT

    Helped pass open carry and campus carry laws in 2015

    ALLIES

    NRA, State Representative Jonathan Stickland, This Is Texas Freedom Force

    MONEY QUOTE

    “Having firearms around does … make me feel a little calmer, because one of the things about guys like me with PTSD is you have this hypervigilance.”

    CJ GRISHAM, THE 44-YEAR-old founder of Open Carry Texas, is

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