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I'm just guessing the 30.06/51% listings won't be as "always-changing" as you might expect, and adding the already prohibited places won't "explode" the database. The way I see this being used initially is to extract a listing of non-CHL-friendly places in a given zip code. I'd rather see a list of all places than the one or two (if any) 30.06/51% entries in my zip code. If that list becomes too large, I should be able to filter out the gov't buildings and schools.

Ask yourself. Do you know where all the gov't buildings are in your area? Do you know where all the schools are? What about buildings that are shared by gov't and private offices? Did you know that building X is considered a gov't building? Did you know that building Y is owned by the university and falls under "schools"? Yes, the City Hall is an obvious gov't building. But are all gov't buildings as obvious as City Hall? I'd like to know where those not-so-obvious ones are so I don't carry there by mistake. Isn't that the main goal of the database? Know-before-you-go kind of thing?

Either way, you're the one setting it up. It's your database. I'm just throwing out what I would like to see in it.

Russell wrote:I'll only have a radio button where you can select if it is either a 30.06 sign or a 51% sign. Persons with a CHL should already know that schools and gov't buildings are prohibited :)

True statement. However, the target audience should include those who are considering getting a CHL. Even those who are just curious about it. The database would help them realize that there really are only a few places that won't let you carry.

Maybe set it up as a 30.06/51% thing for Texas only but have future growth built in to make it a registry of places where concealed carry is prohibited. In the registry would include a selection for the reason for the prohibition (i.e., 30.06, 51%, gov't building, school, etc.). That should allow for growth to include other states.

Could you extend it to add 51% places, or would that make it too muddy? The threads on here show that there's lots of doubt on 51% places. I'm thinking the idea of this database is for me to know ahead of time if I can carry concealed at a certain place before I go there. So 30.06 or 51% would have the same effect.

I wouldn't change the domain though. If this thing grows into a national registry, then the domain will always show that it started out in Texas. :)

txinvestigator wrote:WHat is a speed trap, how do the police lure people in to commit the crime?

It's slang for 'a place where I got busted for speeding'. Just about everybody on the street uses the term.

Consider making it a little generic. I wouldn't be surprised if other states would like to join in and make their submissions. Did you ever read about http://www.speedtrap.org? It started out as one guy's online database of speed traps in his local area. It has then become an international registry for known speed traps... well beyond the creators dream.

I never saw what happened. I have no ill feelings to get over. I'd like to see the 30.06 database up and running.