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jmra wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:No bill repealing TPC §30.06 will ever pass. The NRA and TSRA will kill it easily and rightfully so. You may not know the history behind HB2909 in 1997, so I understand that you may not appreciate the fact that TPC §30.06 saved CHL in Texas.

Private property rights are treasured in Texas and this is good. The legislature will never pass a law that strips a private property owner's ability to bar armed CHLs from entering their property. That concept doesn't even have widespread support among gun owners or even CHLs. I floated the idea of prohibiting owners of commercial property open to the public from barring armed CHLs and that didn't get anywhere; there simply is no support for the concept even with business property.

I do think there is at least a chance to lower the penalty to a Class C misdemeanor.

Chas.

Having very little experience dealing with these matters I had to google the penalty for a Class C misdemeanor in Texas. This is what I came up with:
"Class C misdemeanors in Texas are punishable by a fine of up to $500. There is no jail time for a class C misdemeanor."

If this is accurate this would seem to be a great "next step".

Wes wrote:. . . If you dislike parts of the chl law, try to repeal it specifically. For example, carry in bars. Then, take on another piece, like maybe carry in schools. So on and so forth. This will lead to additional freedoms without disregarding all the work done before. . .

ScottDLS wrote:

carlson1 wrote:How then does a property owner reserve his right to keep you out? Your rights do not trump the property owners's rights.

The same way he reserves his right to keep a LEO who is carrying out. He doesn't...

I'd like to see the 30.06 dropped to a class C misdemeanor.