srothstein wrote: ↑Sun Sep 29, 2019 10:40 pm
narcissist wrote: ↑Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:48 pmYes but you can carry under castle law only even though you have a LTC.
This is the other part that is bothersome. You cannot carry under the castle doctrine in Texas. This is a philosophy and written into the law as the ability to defend yourself in your own home. It has been extended to defending yourself wherever you have the right to be. But it does not give you the authority to carry a weapon or have any ability to defend yourself when justified.
When you carry in your car without a license, you are actually carrying under the Motorist Protection Act (MPA). And this is irrelevant if you have an LTC because the laws requiring you to notify the officer apply to any person who has an LTC and has a weapon on or about his person, not if they are carrying under the authority of the LTC. For example, I carry under the authority of being a retired police officer (well, until tomorrow when my ID card expires) and I have an LTC. When I am stopped for a traffic violation, I am still legally required to show my LTC to the officer when he asks for my driver's license.
Correct, The only addendum, is that there is no more penalty for failure to notify/show the LTC to the patrol officer. I still do out of courtesy and personal duty.