Well, since CHL/LEO stated that he got the information during the orientation meeting for the officers who were going to be working, I consider that first hand information. The company throwing the party was briefing the people providing security... doesn't get much more official than that.DallasCHL wrote:Do we really know that they changed their tune? The official website has said all along that CHL holders could carry at the fair, and that has been the policy since the changes to 30.06 were passed. Did anyone actually get a statement from Fair management that CHL holders would not be allowed to carry? No offense intended to CHL/LEO, but I understand that he was repeating what he heard third-hand was Fair policy as stated by a DPD lawyer. Please correct me if I'm wrong.NcongruNt wrote: It would be interesting to know what transpired in the decision-making process for the organizers to change their tune. I'd think most likely they had legal counsel warning them that they were gonna get the pants sued off of them. I'd like to think that there was some rational consideration of who their customers are - it is the TEXAS state fair, after all. Given the corporate nature of the fair organization, I think that's more likely wishful thinking on my part.
The time between the emails from Jim Dark was about two hours. That seems like a very short amount of time for such a policy to be summarily changed. I understand that when policies get passed on they can become confused, and I just don't want to beat up the Fair for an official policy that never was.
I would think that it is much more likely that they simply had neglected to update the website to change the FAQ - compared to giving bad information at the briefing that they gave to the LEOs who would be working there.
Sometimes reasonable people can accept feedback and realize that they made a mistake. This sounds like one of those times.