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casingpoint wrote:

you are driving and stop for gas and forget to take the weapon off.

Well now, this is a good point, exclusive of the Motorist Protection Act, which applies to weapons inside a vehicle. The legal precept of a traveler being exempt from violation must include everything her or she does outside of their vehicle so long as it supports the act of traveling or encompasses that activity and occurs in between or at the points of departure and destination. Consequently, a definition of what constitutes traveling would be critical to someone from Houston, say, enroute to Austin and arrested outside their vehicle while eating dinner at the Bon Ton in LaGrange with a concealed handgun and no permit. The fact is, they are still a traveler who is in the act of traveling, which necessarily includes stopping at times. Another stupid hoop to jump through.