Did you tell him that the upper 3 new england states are all pretty much free carry by default now? (something they've never had there, LOL).
An LTC holder does not have it better though, not by a long shot. Not with suitability and all that other horseshit in play. Yeah TX has binding signage, but
who even pays attention to that crap? Not to mention no safe storage BS, which makes it easier to stow your gun if you had to anyways. Before the 90s though, it is kinda funny that MA residents were better off for carry, for a long ass time.
A lot of the southern and western states basically had no legal concealed carry up until the 80s came around, FL was the one that kind of kicked the
whole thing off.
-Mike