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Instead of complaining about it, I sent the following to my representative and Senator:

Please ask the DPS to correct the following errors in their FAQ:

FAQ question #34 is incorrect:

34. I am a Texas Concealed Handgun License (CHL) holder. Are there any places where I cannot carry my concealed handgun?
Yes. §46.035, Texas Penal Code prohibits carrying of handguns and other weapons in certain places. These include but are not limited to:

On the premises of a business that derives 51% or more of its income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption
On the premises where a high school, collegiate, or professional sporting or interscholastic event is taking place
On the premises of a correctional facility
On the premises of a hospital or nursing home (unless licensee has written authorization)
In an amusement park
On the premises of a church, synagogue, or other place of worship
At any meeting of a governmental entity

The law was amended as follows:

(i) Subsections (b)(4), (b)(5), (b)(6), and (c) do not apply
if the actor was not given effective notice under Section 30.06.
(j) Subsections (a) and (b)(1) do not apply to a historical
reenactment performed in compliance with the rules of the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
(k) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b)(1)
that the actor was not given effective notice under Section
411.204, Government Code.

Therefore, hospitals, amusement parks, places of worship and governmental meetings MUST place 30:06 signs or it is legal to carry. It is also legal to carry in a 51% establishment which is not properly signed.

I also sent the same message to DPS on their contact page.

BigGuy wrote:From the article in the OP:

"Dianna Barker was shot at a restaurant when another diner’s pistol fell out of a pocket and accidentally went off."

Yeah, I'm calling bovine excrement on that. For that to happen, the gun would have to be either an antique, or unbelievably defective.

It happened. It was discussed on this forum. viewtopic.php?f=7&t=41205&hilit=houston+derringer+shot" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

jmra wrote:Ok, let's say his past is not relevant. What is relevant is his recent actions as I believe those actions and the misguided people emboldened by those actions are doing great damage to gun rights in TX.

His past may be relevant. The slander of his good name is not. I find it beyond incredible that a Bronze Star recipient can be made fun of for receiving the Bronze Star and his problems with PTSD (real or not) can be the subject of ridicule. It is beyond disgusting, and it sickens me to read it. The man is a highly decorated Master Sergeant. Anyone who has been in the service knows that you don't get to that level of rank without a lot of hard work and admirable service. Criticize him for his blogging or for some of the antics he has engaged in. Criticize him for his choice of tactics in crusading for OC in Texas. But leave his service out of it or at least deal with it honestly. Making fun of his Bronze Star is well outside the bounds of responsible criticism. Making fun of his claims of PTSD is even more so. And the people on this board who have repeated these slanders have disappointed me greatly. I thought we were above that.

I wish the denigration of Grisham on this forum would stop. It is beneath the dignity of the people who post here.

Open Carry Texas was founded and continues to be lead by a person who has a LONG history of tangling with authority, making death threats against people, dereliction of duty while in the military, documented psychiatric issues, and claimed PTSD (from someone who rarely if ever went outside the wire according to on-scene observers). The reverence in the voices of his acolytes when they refer to CJ Grisham as "our Founder" is almost cultic. You'd think they were talking about Thomas Jefferson. Take a moment to read his Bronze Star citation. It is noticeably short on specifics, and speculation is that it was a favor from a "godfather" higher up his chain of command, but to his initiates, it legitimizes every pearl of "wisdom" which drips from his lips. To them, he is hero of the faith and can do no wrong.

If you were at all familiar with the long-running criticism of Grisham by Michael Yon, as I am, you would read this as almost a copy and paste of what Yon has written.

To denigrate a soldier's Bronze Star, in my opinion, is beyond the pale and says a great deal more about the person doing it than it does the person targeted. Anyone who has been in the service knows that awards are handed out entirely arbitrarily and in many cases men who deserve awards never receive them. Grisham's Bronze Star was awarded for what he did in Iraq, not for his work as an intelligence agent in Afghanistan. The fact that Yon conflates the two points to his dishonest attack against Grisham.

Here is his bronze star citiation. You'll notice that the phrase "under fire" occurs twice. For Yon to claim "Unlike most Bronze Stars with V, which are appropriately granted for specific acts of valor under fire, Grisham’s does not cite a particular incident." is despicable beyond belief. http://www.michaelyon-online.com/stalki ... alysis.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; To see how dishonest Yon's claim is, you merely need to google bronze star recipients, go to this page and read a few of the citations. - http://projects.militarytimes.com/citat ... hp?medal=7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Some are quite specific. Others are just like CJ's. Are we now going to start nitpicking Bronze Star recipients?

I know CJ personally, and it pains me greatly to see his honorable service dragged through the mud because people disagree with his OC tactics in Texas. Do you know that he has also received the Meritorious Service Medal? Those are not handed out like candy.

"To justify this decoration, the acts or services rendered by an individual, regardless of grade or rate, must have been comparable to that required for the Legion of Merit but in a duty of lesser responsibility. The Meritorious Service Medal is the counterpart of the Bronze Star Medal for the recognition of meritorious non-combat service."

Disagree with him if you want. That's fine. But leave the insults out. They are not needed, and they weaken your argument. Any time someone has to descend to ad hominem, it's an admission that their argument is weak. Yon's is weak tea indeed. In fact it has cost him many readers (myself included) who used to follow him.