Unless a DA wants to try to make a case that you controlled the wind, that one would go nowhere.Jaguar wrote:Easy to understand, but a difference of opinions between you and law enforcement could occur.bdickens wrote:Why is "intentionally fails to conceal the handgun" so hard to understand?
PC §46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER. (a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and intentionally fails to conceal the handgun.
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Say you have a jacket blow open. You say it’s an accident, the officer says it is an intentional act. Who will the court believe? Don't know, but it could cost you a lot of money to find out.
The fact that it's pretty windy in many parts of Texas, jackets blow open all the time, and droves of CHL holders aren't being hauled off in cuffs tends to support the fact that both LEOs and DAs in Texas tend to read the law as it is written and intended.