I accidently let go a couple of rounds of 12G at some dove without my ear protection once. ONCE. It was a LOUD crack, but I don't remember any lingering effects......But ONCE was enough.rotor wrote:I open carry on MY land even when not hunting. I believe that if you are hunting legally on land that you do not own than open carry is legal. So if you have that 44 mag revolver on your hip while hog hunting you are legal as long as you have legal permission to be on that land and are legally hunting. On your own land you can carry open or concealed. I believe this to be correct. Now, if somebody looks into your property and calls the law because they got alarmed seeing you with a gun you may have some explaining but I don't think the police can do anything. Correct me if I am wrong. I wouldn't be out on my property without my S&W Governor on my hip. I fired one of the 410 rounds once without hearing protection though and didn't hear for a couple of days. If I see a snake I think I will throw the gun at him.cb1000rider wrote:I had it wrong.. PC 46.15 makes it legal for you to carry, either openly or concealed, on property you own or control.
Not land you control - need to be hunting or involved in similar sporting activities that involve a firearm.
I think that where you open carry on your property is going to make a lot of difference. I own my home outright, in an upscale suburban neighborhood of Grapevine. ONE of my neighbors are a gun family. The others.....not so much. They all know I am a gun guy. I don't think any of them would call in a MWAG if I were open carrying on my property, but I'm not sure I'd want to have to explain it to a cop driving by. So far, Grapevine PD officers have been unconcerned with my CHL when I've had to show it to them; but this community isn't quite as conservative as people are fond of thinking it is, and I am pretty sure I'd be interviewed for mowing my lawn while armed if I were open carrying and a local cop saw it.