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So if I read you right. Blue=we can carry because we do have a license to carry. That is if you have a CHL.

Yes

Also, if there is no post at church, we are good to go. Right?

Yes

I didn't want to continue posting from memory, so I found this previous post:

by srothstein on Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:33 pm

LedJedi wrote:
someone posted on here somewhere to look at their liquor license that has to be posted visibly. If it's Red they're 51%, if blue you're ok... but i still wouldnt carry in a bar.

Almost, but not quite right. The color of the license makes no difference. On the license will be a line saying "Sign=Red" or "Sign=Blue". This is saying whether they need the red 51% sign or the blue "No unlicensed carrying" sign.

And the rule is not just if it is a bar. Many clubs are not 51% because of the income from admission and cover charges. Sell nothing but alcohol, but charge for the privilege of overpaying for the alcohol, so they are not 51%.

Mr. Rothstein is a TABC employee very knowledgeable about Texas law. So trust his statement, not mine.

newbie06 wrote:Oh, BTW, can you carry in church without a posted sign?

Churches and hospitals must be posted per 30.06 to prohibit carry by licensed persons.

newbie06 wrote:2. Most places don't have a clue as to how to post a 30.06 or 51%. I can't begin to tell you how many times I actually walked into a place armed because they did not have the sign posted at the front door. This mainly happened in restaurants. They had the sign posted in the back at the little bar, but not at the front door.

If you are in a restaurant that has a bar and you see a sign in the bar, it is probably "The Unlicensed Possession.....".

This is a proper sign required by TABC and does not apply to licensed carry.

newbie06 wrote:How am I supposed to know that the 51% rule applies here, for not every restaurant with a bar will post a sign.

You can't rely on '51' signs , anyway. Your responsibility isn't affected by whether '51' signs are correctly posted. Common sense goes a long way here. It would be unusual for a restaurant with a bar to ever be '51'. Some movie theatres that have alcohol sales might require more checking. Bars will be the majority of '51' businesses.

It has been discussed here that the color of ink on the license indicates whether TABC considers the business to be '51', based on reports made to TABC. IIRC, red=51%, blue=not.