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...nope...he took issue with part of what I posted, after pulling it out of a paragraph which referenced it to the last part of the OPs questions
...then argued as if I were referring to open carry in general
...then he has a problem with my punctuation, which made my clearly stated question about his personal example hard to understand ( which has nothing to do with my post)
...so, rather than try to get through all that...I'm going to say that the OP probably understood what I was saying...and let it go...

...46.02(a)(1) is that cut and dried...no mistake or misunderstanding...

...the part that could be interpreted several ways is the carrying it around in your hand near a public highway or street for awhile...and that's where the common sense comes in...and what would be considered reasonable...because it would be reasonable for an LEO to say that he was displaying the handgun in a manner calculated to alarm the public...and, though he was on his private property...the effect would be realized in a public place...and it would not be unreasonable for a judge or jury to find him guilty on the charge from 42.01(a)(8), while he was NOT guilty of 46.02(a)(1)...

...so the law does make sense...with portions open for wiggle room so that the customer can get a fair shake if he's seen with a gun in his hand but proven clearly NOT to have been doing something to alarm the people who see him...and that can be completely prevented by carrying the handgun in a holster or in the belt, so that nobody can "feel alarmed"...normally, that's what we do with handguns...only carrying them in our hands when using them is imminent...

...you pulled the quoted words out of context. which change the meaning considerably...and then argued your disagreement as if I'd said something else...read my post together and you'll get what I really said...

... your example says that you were "carrying" while going out to your car, NOT walking around your property carrying a handgun in your hand near the fence by a highway or in your yard out by the curb for an extended period of time...which is what the quoted words and the paragraph around them referred to...may I correctly assume that you were carrying in a holster or at least stuck in your belt, and not in your hand, when the neighbor came over to inquire?

...I was not addressing "open carrying" on his property...with that paragraph...I answered that question, and the second, with my first part...

...PC46.02 (a)(1)...


...as to carrying it around in your hand...common sense would dictate that that might alarm folks and could be construed as "disturbing the peace"...it's not something a reasonable person would do unless he were about to shoot it...different from a long gun...where common sense would tell us that you WEREN'T disturbing the peace carrying it holstered or even in your belt...where a reasonable person wouldn't think you were an immediate threat...