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...I would...haven't heard or read of ONE person getting arrested illegally because of misunderstanding or misapplication regarding 30.06...our street officers are about 10x more savvy on the fine points of laws than we were back in the 70s...but I still don't ask cops to explain laws I can read for myself...they're just too nice guys to be lawyers...what DID I say???

...a lot of high-ranking officers are too busy to keep up with what the line troops have to know...but they're not as likely to be fired for getting the department sued because of a false arrest, either...the guys/gals we deal with on the streets, for the MOST part, know the law and keep up better...so IF someone finds out you're carrying(HOW?) and calls them...it may be a bit unpleasant but jail is unlikely...
...I've carried legally and not for the better part of 45 years...(and no, I am not endorsing lawbreaking, just stating the facts), and have often approached and talked to officers from many depts. while doing so...I have never been spotted...we can't be AFRAID of the threats made by ignorant public officials...or we'll live in fear...it would, if it ever came up, be a learning experience for the one who ordered/effected the arrest...we ALL have rules we have to follow...and penalties to pay when we don't...there have been suits already that have resulted in large settlements by the jurisdiction to the person falsely arrested...and they're more careful than they used to be...
...90% ( my guess) of the signage problems come from those who want to discuss them with the business...instead of going about our business, honoring the signs the law says we have to, and ignoring the rest...quietly...

TDDude wrote:

austinrealtor wrote:Funny, just today I saw a half-hearted attempt at a 30.06 sign on the Cash America Pawn on US 290 across the parking lot from Red's Indoor Range.

I'm not sure how high the letters are but it's pretty plain they don't want you in there. If you got caught, you would be takin a trip to the Sunset Valley PD.

Just go in there and let them know that you and your cohorts will not be spending a dime in that place.

...here we go again with the "goin' to jail" threat...when will you guys realize that most officers have sense enough to know the law, and would simply tell the shop owner that his sign was unenforceable as it was only half right....and tell the CHL carrier that he now had verbal notice and shouldn't carry there again...that's the LEGAL way to do it for all concerned...I will not give the sign my respect until they care enough to post it acccording to law...and I will not bring it up in conversation so that it can be corrected...I am a regular customer at an establishment whose corporate office told him to post...he posted only in English inside the store...I ignore it...and I carry and he knows it...and I buy guns from him...it's OFTEN the manager's way to soothe corporate and still keep his customers...and we just don't talk about it...I get some sweet gun deals there...

...if WE must obey the law to the letter...SO MUST THEY...and I won't acknowledge their sign till they do...and I'll bet I don't go to jail for keeping the law, either....so why keep tellin' people they're goin' to jail right or wrong...that's the whole reason we HAVE law...so that both parties know where they stand and what's required...so how 'bout we stop with "the sky's falling" kind of scare tactics...it's unAmerican!!!