Pawpaw wrote:Actually, it's against the Texas Constitution which only allows the Legislature to regulate the wearing of arms.C-dub wrote:That seems contradictory to state law, which allows the open carrying of long guns.airborned wrote:here is the regulation for the state parks concerning firearms.
59.134 Rules of Conduct: d) Arms and Firearms. It is an offense for any person to display or discharge an arm or firearm in a state park, unless:
the person is participating in a public hunting activity within the state park that has been authorized by written order of the director so long as the person is in compliance with the applicable public hunting rules and regulations; or the person has been authorized by written order of the director.
59.131 Definitions.
The following words and terms when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Arms and Firearms: Any device from which shot, a projectile, arrow, or bolt is fired by the force of an explosion, compressed air, gas or mechanical device. To include, but not limited to, rifle, shotgun, handgun, air rifle, pellet gun, longbow, cross bow, sling shot, blow gun, or dart gun.
You guys can take that up with the director lol.