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atxgun wrote:Hmm... I hadn't thought about this before but I think I might live w/in 1000 ft of a school. Being that I'm not yet CHL I only take my gun out to go to the range. And I put it in the trunk while in transit. Could I get pulled over pulling out of my apt parking lot and get busted under this 1000 ft clause (even though pulling out to go to the range would be going the opposite direction of the school)?

No problem. There is an exemption in the federal law for people who live within 1000' of a school and are just transporting a firearm (as opposed to "carrying" it).

atxgun wrote:So I've read this thread and figured there was some change in the law that regarding your right to carry in your car. Can someone point me to the law on the books outlining what exactly changed? I had thought you'd always been able to carry in your car if at least going to/from a gun range, hunting place, gunsmith or work/home?

Starting SEP-01, you can carry in your car anywhere you go.

But there's a couple of "Gotchas" though. For instance, to be exempt from the federal law ban on carrying firearms within 1000' of a school, you have to have a CHL. But this is federal law, not TX law. It is not exactly clear who would enforce this law. But it could create a big problem for a non-CHL who was carrying in their car at the wrong place & time.

Here's a link.

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ftp/forms/ls-16.pdf

Scroll to pg. 37. Look at PC 46.02 and read the whole section.

mikeloc wrote:a motor vehicle that is owned
by the person or under the person's control.

a motorcycle is a motor vehicle.

Well, maybe motorcycles are OK then. But if you're carrying on your person you can't get off the cycle unless you are at home. So for practical reasons, you would have to have the gun stashed away in a saddlebag or some type of compartment.

cbr600 wrote:I'm curious how they will interpret unlicensed carry on motorcycles under the new law, as one doesn't ride "inside" a bike.

I don't think the new law mentions motorcycles, just automobiles. I would say that carrying on a motorcycle is still illegal without a CHL.