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txinvestigator wrote:... the Texas Occupations Code restricts the firearms guards can carry on duty. They can only carry a firearm on duty if they are commissioned. and for the category of gun they are carrying. Those categories are; NSA, handguns that are not semi-automatic- SA, handguns including semi-automatic, and STG, for shotgun.

I did not know that.

So the guy was lucky not to be charged in some way? Or maybe he was after the dust settled. The media rarely follow up on things like that. (I did a Google search to no avail. There's nothing after the initial story.)

- Jim

chewy555 wrote:

seamusTX wrote:There is no legal prohibition on carrying long guns for guard duty as long is it's not in one of the places weapons prohibited, which the parking lot of a mall certainly is not.

I did not know this. I only knew about being able to carry a handgun or a shotgun.

Please don't take it to the bank without checking.

There's no law against having a rifle generally. There may be some regulation about licensed security guards having to be certified on a weapon.

Security guards need to have specific legislation about carrying handguns to make them exempt from PC 46.02.

- Jim

A couple of comments on points mentioned earlier:

I don't want to restart the "assault rifle" debate, but if it's not automatic or select-fire, it's just a rifle.

There is no legal prohibition on carrying long guns for guard duty as long is it's not in one of the places weapons prohibited, which the parking lot of a mall certainly is not.

- Jim

It sounds like the first time these guys tried to rob someone. Maybe one of them "borrowed" the pistol from home.

- Jim

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... def6a.html

Dallas -- Three men allegedly tried to rob a security guard who was on duty at a mall. One of the robbers was armed with a pistol. The security guard drew a rifle (described in the article as an "assault rifle," of course). Two suspects dead, one in custody. Security guard unlikely to face charges.

It appears the alleged robber did not know how to operate the pistol. Somehow, two unfired cartridges ended up on the ground.

- Jim