First off, the AG will not give you an opinion. The Texas AG only issues opinions to agencies and legislators and government officials.Rex B wrote:Hi, Mr. Burkheimer.
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The Fort Worth Zoo is registered with the State of Texas as an
educational facility. As such, we are simply abiding with the law in
posting the No Firearms signage. ...
Second, Lyndsay sounds quite cute, but she is mistaken about the law. Registering with the state as an "educational facility" does not make the Zoo a "school", any more than my not registering my private (home) school makes it "not a school". If a facility is a school, then no 30.06 notice is required. Even 30.06 notices posted on public K-12 schools are invalid; a CHL is only in trouble if he carries inside the statutorily-defined "premises", which is true whether or there are any signs giving notice.
Instead of writing the AG, I'd write the zoo's legal counsel. Put them on official notice that their signs have no legal standing.
Of course, the sad part is that any government agency can post 30.06 notices, even though they aren't enforceable, because there is no penalty for posting the notices. The signs aren't "illegal", they're just unenforceable.
Kevin