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by Jumping Frog
Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:56 pm
Forum: New to CHL?
Topic: Printing
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Re: Printing

thetexan wrote:The only test, of course, is whether a reasonable person using his ordinary observation can openly discern the presence of your handgun. 'Printing', the term we have coined to mean that something about your gun is 'showing through', is not actually defined or used in statute. As long as a person cannot point at your waist and reasonably argue that he openly discerns that you have a pistol you have not 'revealed' or 'unconcealed' your weapon. The key word here is the adverb 'openly'. ....
The only problem with your description is your law is totally out of date.

The statute was changed last Sept 1, 2013. Note the highlighted portion in red:
Sec. 46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER. (a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and intentionally displays the handgun in plain view of another person in a public place.
"Printing", "ordinary observation", and "discern" were also not in the previous version of the statute anyway. The statute used to say, "intentionally fails to conceal the handgun."

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