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by Baytown
Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:08 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: ASP Baton
Replies: 18
Views: 2696

Agreed.

Glenn
by Baytown
Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:34 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: ASP Baton
Replies: 18
Views: 2696

I thought that was the job of the Supreme Court was to interpret the law (Constitution).


The legistlative intent is more that crystal clear. Carrying an illegal knife, or club, by a CHL holder is illegal. If they had intended the law to cover the other two, they would have called it a Concealed Weapons Permit or something of that nature.

A person with a CHL has to qualify with the gun, so as long as you pass the a state mandated baton and illegal knife course, you should be ok. (There isn't one????? Exactly.)

I think there should be legislation that 1) changes the name to a CWP or something of the like, 2)have the legislature go back in and change the legislative intent.

That all being said, I see no problem with a person with a CHL, if they go to a TCLEOSE Instructor and receive the 8 hour instruction and pass the written test, carrying a baton, or illegal knife for that matter. I would be very hard pressed to take a current CHL holder to jail for carrying an ASP.

(Remember illegal knife and switchblade knife have two different definitions.)

Glenn

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