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MommaBear wrote:

TXBO wrote:
I think it will be a long time before you see support for open carry on campus.

Personally, it wouldn't even make my top ten list.

I'm guessing that you're not on a public university campus 5 days a week. I am.

Just because an issue doesn't apply to you personally, doesn't mean you should ignore it. I don't care about sporting events, but I still support removing restrictions there.

We (pro-gun folks) have to be on the same side or we're never going to win. I personally wouldn't open carry on campus, but I'm not OK with the law prohibiting it.

MommaBear wrote:Now that we have campus carry, I'd like to see it expanded to include open carry on campus.

I'd also like to remove restrictions on public schools. There is no reason why I shouldn't be able to carry while walking into my kid's school's front office when I have to pick him up early to go to the orthodontist.

Tracker wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

Tracker wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

Tex. Gov't Code §411.209 wrote:Sec. 411.209. WRONGFUL EXCLUSION OF CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE HOLDER. (a) A state agency or a political subdivision of the state may not provide notice by a communication described by Section 30.06, Penal Code, or by any sign expressly referring to that law or to a concealed handgun license, that a license holder carrying a handgun under the authority of this subchapter is prohibited from entering or remaining on a premises or other place owned or leased by the governmental entity unless license holders are prohibited from carrying a handgun on the premises or other place by Section 46.03 or 46.035, Penal Code.

This does not mean any and all no-gun signs violate §411.209.

Chas.

That's what I was thinking. So...to avoid the fine but still post a firearms prohibited gun buster, all these municipalities could replace 30.06 signs with the gun buster signs like the ones at Love? I could see an LTCer being detained by airport security for picking someone up at the baggage claim because the security is confused by the law. So if those signs have no weight why are they there? There's your issue for 2017. Include in that statue gun buster signs with the 30.06 wording.

Under current law, any sign that references §30.06, a concealed handgun license, or a licensee is already unlawful. We don't need address this and we don't want to address generic no-gun signs that don't meet the current criteria.

Chas.

Can you clarify that since we are talking about county and municipalities posting those signs, not private businesses. Again, using Love Field as the example, if you walk up to the any of the main entrance doors you'll see a gun buster with the wording (don't recall exact quote but is very close to it) firearms are not permitted on these premises. I know that that only applies to the "secured areas" and it's my job to know the law but it's misleading. And can I trust the airport police to know that sign is meaningless to an LTCer who is only there to pick up a passenger.

I can see the sign saying firearms not permitted in secured areas or posting at the entrance to TSA checkpoints. What's to keep counties/cities from posting similar signs on all their buildings simply because they didn't reference 30.06?