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by seamusTX
Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:52 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Exposing yourself...
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Re: Exposing yourself...

BoneDigger wrote:I realize that exposing a handgun while carrying is illegal and considered brandishing. However, is there any law that states that an accessory (such as a speedloader case) has to be concealed?
Intentionally failing to conceal is an offense.
PC §46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE
HOLDER. (a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and intentionally fails to conceal the handgun.
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(g) An offense under Subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) is a Class A misdemeanor, ...
(h) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) that the actor, at the time of the commission of the offense, displayed the handgun under circumstances in which the actor would have been justified in the use of deadly force under Chapter 9.
Texas does not have an offense called "brandishing."

There is no requirement to conceal speedloaders or magazines. You can hang them from your ears. You can wear bandoliers across your chest and shoulders.

- Jim

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