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by Charles L. Cotton
Tue Jan 05, 2016 1:28 pm
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: GC 411.171 (3) - definition of concealed handgun repealed
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Re: GC 411.171 (3) - definition of concealed handgun repealed

Breny414 wrote:I was wondering the same... why did they take it out? it seems it still need to be there for 30.07 compliance.
TPC §30.07 does not refer to a "concealed handgun." Statutory definitions are included when the precise term or phrase is used in a statute/code. For example, if a definition were necessary for a "handgun carried openly," then that phrase should be defined in statute.

Chas.
by Charles L. Cotton
Tue Jan 05, 2016 1:12 pm
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: GC 411.171 (3) - definition of concealed handgun repealed
Replies: 5
Views: 2461

Re: GC 411.171 (3) - definition of concealed handgun repealed

rob777 wrote:GC 411.171(3) states the definition of a concealed handgun has been repealed effective 1/1/16
(3) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 437 , Sec. 50, eff. January 1, 2016.

Subsequently the definition of concealed handgun is no longer part of our outline for the class.

Any insight as to why it was removed or how this changes the law with regard to concealed carry? Seems that without the definition the issue just got a little more gray.
The definition became meaningless with the amendment to TPC §46.035(a) in 2013. When the offense changed from "intentionally failed to conceal . . ." to "intentionally display . . ." there was no longer a reference to a "concealed handgun."

Operationally, it made virtually no difference to LTC's. That said, if one were to show their handgun to a friend in the friend's home, it is no longer unlawful as it was prior to the 2013 amendment.

Chas.

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