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by Cofmatt
Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:15 am
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: NON-CHL travel in Texas, can they bring a gun in hotel room?
Replies: 16
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seamusTX wrote:In Texas, travelers are permitted to carry handguns legally. No one knows for sure what "traveling" is, but the law says:
(i) For purposes of Subsection (b)(3), a person is presumed to be
traveling if the person is:
(1) in a private motor vehicle;
(2) not otherwise engaged in criminal activity, other than a Class
C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance regulating
traffic;
(3) not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing a firearm;
(4) not a member of a criminal shoot gang, as defined by Section
71.01; and
(5) not carrying a handgun in plain view.
However, Houston is in Harris County; and the district attorney of Harris County will prosecute non-CHL holders caught with a handgun.

- Jim
Just curious but do you know of anyone who has been taken to court in Harris County for peaceful travel? I would think that you could get the charges dropped fairly easily since it is a state law. Police officers I have asked say that if you are going somewhere outside of your city overnight that "should" be legal travel.. Driving around town is not.

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