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cbr600 wrote:

phrogg wrote:Ok, so let's ask the question of why was that provision even put in there?

Fear and bigotry.

That's as good an explanation of most forms of gun control as I've ever seen.

G192627 wrote:

barres wrote:Everything other than the Rodeo (and most of us would say the included concert, or so it would seem) is clear to carry.

Keep your eyes out for 51% signs. There are independent bars within the rodeo.


Also, if signs are posted, how are they not valid? What about the signs posted at George R Brown for gun shows, etc?

They aren't valid because Reliant (and George R. Brown) are owned by the city of Houston. Per §30.06:

Sec. 30.06. TRESPASS BY HOLDER OF LICENSE TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUN.
(e) It is an exception to the application of this section that the property on which the license holder carries a handgun is owned or leased by a governmental entity and is not a premises or other place on which the license holder is prohibited from carrying the handgun under Section 46.03 or 46.035.

It's just that nobody has been the test case yet. It would likely take a lawsuit to get the city to stop posting these signs.

Reliant Stadium would be off-limits to CHl under PC Section 46.035 while the rodeo is taking place, but not during concerts or other non-sporting events.

Other events on the grounds--the carnival, the livestock show--would be fine for carry, and any 30.06 notice would be invalid since Reliant Park is owned by a govenmental organization (Harris County-Houston Sports Authority).