So it turns out the charge was dropped a couple of weeks ago on the advice of a county attorney and approval of a county judge, all "in the interest of justice."JP171 wrote:I like others believe that the guy is toast, he will loose his license for 7 years after his conviction. My reason behind this is that there are too many other things spelled out as exceptions in the code, such as clubs and security guards weapons of all types for the military, it says no place that the section about illegal knives that just because your carrying a weapon and have a CHL that you may ignore the illegal knife provision, the illegal knife provision is however exempted within the code at certain places and times and that exemption says nothing about CHL and weapons. the CHL section also goes further and says carrying a firearm of the type stated on the license. so I believe he will loose the case and have a conviction.
They read the law in question and agreed that the charge was bogus.
So, there is no longer any speculation. THE LAW SAYS if you are have a CHL and are carrying a concealed handgun, then Section 46.02 does not apply to a you. This is good news.