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New Gun Laws

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:21 am
by stash
Am I right in thinking that all the new gun laws go into effect Tuesday with the exception of CC and OC?

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:47 am
by bkj

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:07 am
by stash
It seems I remember a Bill introduced and passed changing the inadvertent passing of a 30.06 sign from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C. Does anyone remember this, and if so, was it passed and sent to the Governor? Thanks.

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:31 am
by Greybeard
That one is in conjunction with OC on Jan. 1.

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:34 am
by K5GU
stash wrote:It seems I remember a Bill introduced and passed changing the inadvertent passing of a 30.06 sign from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C. Does anyone remember this, and if so, was it passed and sent to the Governor? Thanks.
You may be thinking of Section 42 in HB 910 (eff.date Jan 1, 2016) and yes it was signed by the Gov.
http://analogthinker.com/HB910WF.aspx#S42

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:47 am
by The Wall
Remember if you refuse to leave it will be a Class A.

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:30 pm
by stash
Thanks guys. I did not remember it was a part of HB910.

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:00 am
by TresHuevos
So, am I correct to understand that if I'm open carrying and drive through a college campus that makes me illegal? :confused5

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:56 am
by Charles L. Cotton
TresHuevos wrote:
So, am I correct to understand that if I'm open carrying and drive through a college campus that makes me illegal? :confused5
Open-carry will be unlawful on college campuses.

Chas.

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:38 am
by n5wd
TresHuevos wrote:
So, am I correct to understand that if I'm open carrying and drive through a college campus that makes me illegal? :confused5
Thinking about it, I don't think that TCU, for example, can claim to own University Drive, which bisects the TCU campus - it is, after all, a street owned and maintained by the City of Fort Worth. Therefore, I don't THINK that you'd be in violation of the open-carry law if you got out of your car, open-carrying, on the street between the two sides of the campus.

Now, on a street or road that was within the school's property (I won't say "jurisdiction" because TCU Police have joint juridiction on University Drive with the Fort Worth PD), and the school maintains the road (showing that it's their property), you probably would run afoul of the law if you dismounted your vehicle there.

I don't imagine this will crop up too much, then again, I've been wrong before.

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:39 am
by n5wd
TresHuevos wrote:
So, am I correct to understand that if I'm open carrying and drive through a college campus that makes me illegal? :confused5
Thinking about it, I don't think that TCU, for example, can claim to own University Drive, which bisects the TCU campus - it is, after all, a street owned and maintained by the City of Fort Worth. Therefore, I don't THINK that you'd be in violation of the open-carry law if you got out of your car, open-carrying, on the street between the two sides of the campus.

Now, on a street or road that was within the school's property (I won't say "jurisdiction" because TCU Police have joint juridiction on University Drive with the Fort Worth PD), and the school maintains the road (showing that it's their property), you probably would run afoul of the law if you dismounted your vehicle there.

I don't imagine this will crop up too much, then again, I've been wrong before.

Re: New Gun Laws

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 12:58 pm
by K5GU
FYI. I put up a new web page as a quick and convenient reference for the six new Texas CHL/LTC related laws that became effective today (09-01-2015). http://analogthinker.com/GunLawsSept2015.aspx