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ELB wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 4:45 pm An Austin American-Stateman article on yesterday's trial:

State tells judge armed Austin man should have been allowed in City Hall

Paxton’s office is asking state District Judge Lora Livingston to require the city to comply with the law and to fine Austin $1,500 a day for the first 500 days it kept firearm holders out of the building since the lawsuit was filed.

After listening to final arguments Tuesday, Livingston said she would rule later.

This is interesting:

The judge hinted at one point that Paxton’s office had no choice but to file the lawsuit because the city told licensed firearm holders they could not come into City Hall but did not reveal that doing so would not trigger criminal charges.

It appears the judge is saying that if the armed LTC holder had entered despite being told he couldn't, he would not have broken the law.

Flightmare wrote:http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-ne ... -city-hall

The city claims that guns aren't allowed at City Hall because community court and teen court are held there on occassion. The judge agreed with the city that the gun ban should include the entire building not just the part where court is held.

“That means that basically a government could designate a room way off in the corner of the building as a court and then say 'ah ha we have a court therefore our entire building is off-limits,’” he said

But the judge agreed with some other arguments the Attorney General made -- for example the ban should only be in effect on the days court is held.