Great idea: Utah Legal Heat, publishers of Legal Heat: 50 State Guide to Firearm Laws and Regulations, has just released an iPhone app called Legal heat. It summarizes the rules for every state in a quick-ref on your phone.
Great idea, but the information on Texas is very incorrect, and does not reflect the changes subsequent to the original restrictive laws regarding prohibited places. I did write to the company with a list of the errors I saw.
I hope they get the same sort of feedback from all 50 states.
Could be real useful on trips. As it is now I would not trust it.
iPhone CCW law app
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Rex B
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iPhone CCW law app
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Followup
Got a quick response from the author:
Thank you for your email. I have looked into it and for Texas I was (and shouldn't have been) relying on a link from a sherrifs website to a PDF that was in fact out of date. I then verified them with a couple of sites like handgunlaw.us but it appears I must have overlooked the errors. I apologize for this and will submit a change by the end of the day. There is an update to 4 states that will be coming out in the next week or so and I will try to include Texas in that. I have made, and will continue to make, every effort to be as accurate as possible. As I have for most other states, I will only rely on statutes as a reference.
Thanks again for the heads up.
Phil
Thank you for your email. I have looked into it and for Texas I was (and shouldn't have been) relying on a link from a sherrifs website to a PDF that was in fact out of date. I then verified them with a couple of sites like handgunlaw.us but it appears I must have overlooked the errors. I apologize for this and will submit a change by the end of the day. There is an update to 4 states that will be coming out in the next week or so and I will try to include Texas in that. I have made, and will continue to make, every effort to be as accurate as possible. As I have for most other states, I will only rely on statutes as a reference.
Thanks again for the heads up.
Phil
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MadMonkey
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Re: iPhone CCW law app
Sounds like it might be a great resource. I'm sure we have plenty of people on here who can educate him on any mistakes he makes! 
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Re: iPhone CCW law app
I guess there is an app for that.
What is the going rate for it?
What is the going rate for it?
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Re: iPhone CCW law app
I'm not an iPhone guy (thanks, Verizon!), but I do have a crackberry. I wonder if there is an equivalent app for us poor addled crackberry luddites.
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Re: iPhone CCW law app
$1.99KFP wrote:What is the going rate for it?
If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn, I could arm a town the size of Abilene.
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Not bad.Backslider wrote:$1.99KFP wrote:What is the going rate for it?
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Re: iPhone CCW law app
I use "IBEARARMS" app for the iphone. Seems to be a decent resource but just quotes the forbidden area's chapter and verse for 46.035. 46.03 wasn't even mentioned. It has all 50 states along with a reciprocity for each state. You can select your home state. I hope these APPS get better as they start to get used.
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Re: Followup
Sounds like he's eager to make the changes. If the changes are made and kept up to date, it's certainly an app I'll pay $1.99 for.Rex B wrote:Got a quick response from the author:
Thank you for your email. I have looked into it and for Texas I was (and shouldn't have been) relying on a link from a sherrifs website to a PDF that was in fact out of date. I then verified them with a couple of sites like handgunlaw.us but it appears I must have overlooked the errors. I apologize for this and will submit a change by the end of the day. There is an update to 4 states that will be coming out in the next week or so and I will try to include Texas in that. I have made, and will continue to make, every effort to be as accurate as possible. As I have for most other states, I will only rely on statutes as a reference.
Thanks again for the heads up.
Phil
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Re: iPhone CCW law app
I expected more than 3 pages of general info on Texas ....
Wasnt impressed
Wasnt impressed
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Re: iPhone CCW law app
very interesting app, its very useful