Tex...I love these kind of questions because if forces me to re-read the statutes. I sometimes come up with more questions than answers. Case in point here:
I know 46.035 defines a premises as a building or portion of a building. It also says that only applies to this section. What then defines a premises for the rest of Texas law, specifically 46.02:
PC §46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS. (a) A person commits an
offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his
or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(1) on the person’s own premises or premises under the person’s control; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned
by the person or under the person’s control.
(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or
recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun in a motor vehicle or
watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person’s control at any time in
which:
(1) the handgun is in plain view;.....
What does (2) mean when it says "directly en route to a motor vehicle or watercraft..." Where are we directly en route FROM
I may have found the partial answer to the first question. 46.02 (1) says ON the person's own premises not IN the person's own premises. Now where is the definition of premises?
