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by Jaguar
Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:54 pm
Forum: 2015 Legislative Session
Topic: Open Carry Bills 2015
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Re: Open Carry Bills 2015

If licensed open carry passes, I would like to see GC §411.205 revised so that you are not required to show ID just because an officer asks for it. Currently if you are walking down the street minding your own business and a cop asks for your ID you do not have to provide it UNLESS you are a license holder carrying a handgun on or about your person. I can see it being used as a pretext for harassment, asking for ID and knowing you have to provide it. I believe a court has ruled that in states were open carry is allowed it cannot be used as pretext for a stop, but the way the law is currently written it Texas it still could be used that way.
GC §411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license holder is
carrying a handgun on or about the license holder’s person when a magistrate or
a peace officer demands that the license holder display identification, the license
holder shall display both the license holder’s driver’s license or identification
certificate issued by the department and the license holder’s handgun license.

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