To me it reads, I can't follow the TABC code and I don't want citizens with CHLs to spend their money with me.srothstein wrote:A minor correction, but the "legal" TABC sign is one that they are required to post by law.2up1down wrote:Posting a illegal 30.06 sign right next to a legal TABC sign that permits carry.
Seriously does someone that stupid need your money.
The "illegal" sign is not illegal, nor required.
Sorry Sir, but it doesn't meet the legal font size requirement so I called it illegal, poor choice of words I suppose.
It is put up as an expression of the desires of the property owners.
Then they should acquaint themselves with the proper statutes and signage I guess.
and they WOULD NOT get my business.
If you take the TABC sign to mean "CHL welcome," you are misreading the sign. It literally means nothing one way or the other to a CHL, just is a warning to non-CHLs that carrying there has an upgraded penalty so think twice.
Completely incorrect per TABC CHL are welcome http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/faq/general.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption or establishments licensed to sell for on-premises consumption whose alcohol sales are 50% or less of total gross receipts are required to post a sign that warns that the unlicensed possession of a concealed weapon is a felony. The holder of a concealed handgun license may lawfully possess a concealed handgun on these premises.
So, I would not say it is stupid, Sorry "Stupid is as Stupid does" in my book/
except that they did not read the whole DPS page which tells them to not download it, but to use it to check the appropriate language on a properly prepared sign.
You could take the double posting as saying "We obey the law, warn you to, and do not want you here with a weapon, even if the law does allow it."
For their lack of attention to detail, I won't trust their shooting skills to protect me and mine.
I managed a Restaurant/Biker Bar that was <50% alcohol sales out in the Sam Houston National Forest and
our local TABC Agents, along with the easy to read code, allowed us to choose which sign we wanted.
Either The Felony licensed and unlicensed illegal OR the unlicensed carry permitted,
IF WE wanted our friends with CHLs to be able to carry when not drinking.