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by Papa_Tiger
Fri Jan 01, 2016 10:51 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Dispelling a myth about "no guns allowed" signs
Replies: 27
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Re: Dispelling a myth about "no guns allowed" signs

azwe wrote:I see this repeated by friends and people on this forum and it needs to be corrected. The myth: No guns allowed signs are not enforceable, only the 30.06 and 30.07 sign. Wrong wrong WRONG. No guns allowed has force of law by the business owner or an agent authorized to act on their behalf. Open carrying into a business that lacks a 30.07 sign does not mean you cannot be asked to leave. If a business owner asks you to leave, you leave. Otherwise you'll be arrested for trespassing.

This blatant ignoring of "No Guns Allowed" signs is absurd. The only difference between NGA and 30.07 is the latter informs you that you're trespassing as soon as you enter. This doesn't make us immune from being asked to leave.
I don't think anyone would disagree with what you have written that I highlighted in red.

Yes, you can still be asked to leave, but until you are asked, a generic "no guns", gun buster, or any other sign lacking the statutory language and size does not meet the requirement of the law and is not legally enforceable and thus no crime has been committed.

If an owner or someone with apparent authority for the owner asks you to leave, you leave otherwise you are guilty of criminal trespass.

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