Actually...according to PC 43.035(a) it's only illegal if you intentionally fail to conceal the handgun:jayinsat wrote:"Printing" means a noticeable bulge where a firearm "might be" carried. "Printing" is only illegal if it is to a degree that any reasonable person can tell that the bulge is in fact a gun. If the bulge is non distinguishable from that of a cell phone or PDA, then the "printing" is not illegal.nightmare69 wrote:I thought printing was illegal. Someone aware me please.
Long as your shirt is not so tight that the sn# of your gun is readable, then the general public won't know the difference.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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 fails to conceal the handgun.
Some people still thought there was some legal wiggle room there so SB299 was passed and signed by Perry in the most recent legislative session, amending 43.035(a) to read as such:
This makes it extra clear that printing is not breaking the law.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 in a manner calculated to cause alarm and not pursuant to a justified use of force or threat of force as described in Chapter 9.
