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nimravus01 wrote:In related news, the POTUS visited Torchy's Tacos in Austin. http://kxan.com/2016/03/11/president-ob ... ustin_News
I'm curious what the impact to a minding-his-own-business LTC holder in Texas is on such an ocasion? Does the SS come inside and frisk everyone before hand? Is the law abiding person forced to leave, or worse yet, made to surrender his weapon?

I've wondered the same thing myself. It's hard to imagine the SS would frisk everybody, but who knows? And not for nothing, but by what authority does he get to usurp state law by forcing licensed carriers to disarm where carry is legal? Is there some kind of "no firearm" halo that follows the president around wherever he goes?

He popped into Franklin BBQ when he was here a couple of years ago and caused a bit of a stink because he was allowed to jump to the front of the legendary 5 hour line.

Personally, I don't think I could stand to be in the same room with him so I'd likely just leave as soon as I realized what was going on, if possible.

casp625 wrote:Doesn't SXSW happen on public roads and sidewalks? And the majority of the buildings around are bars so they are 51% locations anyways. It seems like they would only be able to post the locations that are not one of the two previous locations.

For the most part, yes but they also hold a lot of conferences and industry gathering type things at the convention center, which is city owned and shouldn't be able to be posted, I wouldn't think. There are probably other venues that are city owned (maybe the Austin Music Hall?) that host events. I'm still not clear who actually owns the Moody Theater, which is kind of the epicenter of this thing.

But since Paxton doesn't seem to be taking any action on SB 273, I'm having a hard time seeing what legal consequences SXSW or the City of Austin might face if they do post these venues illegally. Also, all the various time limits and notification requirements in the law would seem to make it very difficult to do anything about these temporary events anyway, since they're going to be over with by the time the deadlines run. And then you've probably got the issue of alcohol vendors getting entire venues designated 51% (which is a recurring problem with the Moody Theater, I think).

Bottom line, we've come a long way but we still have a ways to go.

OH, and stay away from downtown Austin for the week. I used to work down there and it's an absolute nightmare for regular folks during this festival. As ridiculous as it sounds for the city to be asking employers to give their people the day off, it's actually the best thing they could do.