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by Purplehood
Mon May 04, 2009 1:41 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: carrying in a stadium or large venue
Replies: 10
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Re: carrying in a stadium or large venue

barres wrote:
Bob Landry wrote:The term "sporting event" is self explanatory. If you don't know where you can carry, perhaps you might review your book of statutes. Everything is covered there and it's, for the most part, pretty straight forward. If the stadium is on the campus of an educational institution you wouldn't be able to cary there anyway regardless of the type of event...
Actually, if the stadium is not enclosed, I don't think it would be prohibited outside of a school function or sporting event. Carrying is prohibited on the premises of a school, per PC46.03(a)(1), but it goes on to say that the definition of "premises" to be used in this section is the one found in PC46.035, per PC46.03(c)(1). Premises is defined in PC46.035(f)(3): "Premises" means a building or a portion of a building. The term does not include any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area. While it does not specifically address stadiums, I would think that a stadium that is not enclosed would not constitute a building.

As the saying goes, IANAL and IMHO.
I personally would consider a stadium a building in light of the statute. It is a "structure" that is specifically built for people to congregate in. A parking garage is not.

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