Aler: Cafe Express Uptown park 610 51% posting

[jnkirk1974]

I just left the McKinney (Uptown) Cafe Express and there were no signs at all. I checked every entrance.

[Doug.38PR]

From what I got out of the TABC agent. The incorrect signs were removed and he gave the manager a six new ones and "recommended" the manager put them on the front window or door.

[jnkirk1974]

I guess I'll be eating somewhere else for lunch once they put the proper signs in place.

[Mike1951]

I just got an E mail from TABC thanking me for my inquiry and stating that Cafe Express is indeed a business that primarily sells food to the public and they are going to notify Cafe Express about putting up a proper weapons sign

I guess I'll be eating somewhere else for lunch once they put the proper signs in place.

jn, you're misunderstanding what has happened. Doug got the incorrect 51% signs, which would bar CHL carry, removed to be replaced with the proper "The unlicensed carry......." signs, which do NOT bar CHL carry.

[jnkirk1974]

Ok, so it sounds like the signs posted at Chili's........which is actually in our favor. In other words, no license, no carry.

[Mike1951]

That's exactly right!

[jnkirk1974]

.....which now begs the question.........

Isn't a sign like that just common sense? It's already state law that you cannot carry a gun without a license (obviously).
I wonder why they feel the need to post it in the first place. Secondly, if someone is going to carry illegally, why would
a sign stop them?

Oh well, we'll never get answers to questions like this. At least I'll be able to carry in Cafe Express as a licensed gun owner.

[seamusTX]

Isn't a sign like that just common sense? It's already state law that you cannot carry a gun without a license (obviously). I wonder why they feel the need to post it in the first place. Secondly, if someone is going to carry illegally, why would a sign stop them?

Carrying a handgun without a license is normally a misdemeanor. In a place that sells alcohol, it's a felony. The sign serves as notice so that someone who is caught cannot plead ignorance of the fact that the place sells alcohol.

It's also perfectly legal to walk around with a rifle or shotgun, though obviously few people do it. That also becomes a felony if the person goes into a place that sells alcohol.

- Jim

[jnkirk1974]

Gotcha.