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So I noticed this sign on the door of a restaurant I was about to walk into the other day. Correct me if I'm wrong, but these signs are meaningless and it is not a criminal offense to openly carry past one if you have a LTC, since only a written notice compliant with 30.07 is enforceable...right? Ho...

No, stripping the Huffines amendment does not "allow LEOs to randomly stop and search people . . ." U.S. constitutional law will control. So then why the fierce opposition from LEOs to the amendment? After all, the amendment is just reiterating the current constraints of the Fourth Amendm...

Looks like the only way OC will get passed now is if the bill is changed to allow LEOs to randomly stop and search people who are OC'ing, solely because they are OC'ing and with no reasonable suspicion the person is committing any crime. I can't believe any state senator or congressman would support...

OC passed? Nope. In fact, thanks to the House's vote yesterday not to concur with the Senate version of the bill, OC will now probably die and we get to wait ANOTHER 2 years. Way to go, Legislature! OC was all but a certainty at the beginning of the session, widely supported by the GOP majority, yet...

Google the phrase "Agent Provocateur wikipedia" and it will become clear what these jokers are doing.

The act of OC'ing, absent any other circumstances, would not give LEOs reasonable suspicion to detain you and investigate whether you have a CHL. This has been an issue in other states, where someone OC'ing is illegally detained and asked to ID himself to make sure he has a license, and/or is not a...

To stop and detain you and require you to produce a license, the LEO first would need reasonable suspicion to believe you do NOT have a license to OC. They cannot just randomly stop you and demand to see a license, just as LEO cannot randomly stop a vehicle to "check and see" if the driver...

How will LEO know whether a person OC'ing is in fact licensed? The act of OC'ing, absent any other circumstances, would not give LEOs reasonable suspicion to detain you and investigate whether you have a CHL. This has been an issue in other states, where someone OC'ing is illegally detained and aske...

Generally it is best to disclose it all, and provide documentation. If it is a misdemeanor and it's been more than five years, you'll be fine. If they find out you failed to disclose something, that's a bigger problem than whatever it was you were trying to hide.

This is why the 51% rule is stupid. It's already illegal for a CHL to carry while he or she is intoxicated, so even without the 51% law, it would be illegal for a drunk CHL-holder to be carrying in a bar. What the 51% law does, however, is restrict the ability of sober CHL-holders to protect themsel...

Doesn't it say traveling directly to or from your vehicle or home? If that's the case, once you arrive at your vehicle, you need to conceal it per MPA. Right? What am I missing about your question? Mojo - I'm not trying to be rude, but I've explained it twice now. "Traveling" has nothing ...

Yes I understand the MPA (Sec. 46.02(a-1)) requires the handgun to be concealed...but the MPA is a part of Sec. 46.02, and Sec. 46.15 says that if I'm "traveling," then Sec. 46.02 as a whole (which includes the MPA) is not applicable. Motorist Protection Act (a) A person commits an offense...

Once I enter my vehicle, however, I must then conceal the handgun pursuant to Sec. 46.02(a-1)....UNLESS I am "traveling," in which case I may continue to open carry the handgun because pursuant to Penal Code 46.15(b)(2), if you are "traveling" then Section 46.02 does not apply. ...

This is my basic understanding of things. Someone feel free to correct me if you believe I am wrong. I can open carry a handgun inside my home or on my "premises" which includes the real property (e.g., land) surrounding my home that I own. I can continue to open carry that handgun if I am...

A serial number on a firearm is not in "plain sight." In fact you've got to first seize the weapon and then look closely at it to even read the serial number. While the law allows an LEO to disarm a CHL holder for safety purposes, under the 4th Amendment the LEO still needs PC to "sea...