Investigators said the man has a concealed handgun license, but he was in violation of the permit because he was intoxicated and the gun was visible to officers.
Who cares if it was visible? I understand the drinking and carrying being a no-no, but unless the gun was right out on the dashboard (which it MAY have been, but unlikely) who cares?
If we (Texas) are going to extend the castle doctrine to our vehicles, in part, and you (technically) can open-carry on private property, then who cares if someone has a exposed gun in a car? If people driving by can't see it, and it took a police officer opening his door or prying around, incident to arrest, then MY opinion is it doesn't matter...
Again, I recognize the violation of DWI and unlawful carrying because of that.
We just need open carry... aren't like 44/50 states in some shape open carry?