Texans Respond to License to Carry

[oohrah]

The whole article in the Waco Trib is full of errors, the writer is the business guy. It's appalling. I' m alos writung him a letter as a subscriber.

[stingeragent]

Agree that waco article was full of errors. I also emailed him.

[ScottDLS]

http://patch.com/texas/round-rock/round ... ew-video-0

The open carry actor is shopping in the wine aisle. Although not illegal they could at least have had him buying slim jims, pickled eggs or lottery tickets at the counter.

Or better yet they could have him shopping at a liquor store!!!

[NotRPB]

Central Texas Highland Lakes area

Police, businesses prepare for open carry law Jan. 1
Posted on 30 December 2015. Tags: government, news

LLANO — Law enforcement and businesses in the Highland Lakes are preparing for potential calls and questions regarding the Texas open carry law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2016.

While some merchants such as the Blue Bonnet Cafe in Marble Falls will welcome patrons who openly carry handguns, others such as H-E-B will prohibit the practice as allowed in a provision of the law.

“We have customers that currently come in (who are carrying firearms), members of our law enforcement and other people that carry (concealed handguns),” Blue Bonnet Cafe manager Dave Plante said. “It’s never been an issue for us. We’re not changing anything.”

Texas will join 43 other states that allow open carry. The states that prohibit openly carrying handguns are Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, New York and South Carolina.

NEW PROTOCOLS

To prep for the Texas law, local police and sheriff’s agencies have enacted protocols to handle 9-1-1 calls from alarmed residents or those unaware of the change.

Agencies have outlined how and whether peace officers would approach individuals who choose to open carry.

“We have a protocol both for patrol officers and also for our dispatchers about (phone calls regarding a) man with a gun,” Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn said. “We’re not going to necessarily check someone who is open carry, only if they bring attention to themselves by something other than open carry, maybe by their actions or verbiage or situation.”

When calls come into the LCSO, the dispatchers will ask:...
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[amtank]

This pertains to Amarillo:

I spoke with the Chief today about tomorrow. Good news bad news. They have taken most of their advice from the Potter County Attorney. (Who I've already filed a complaint with about the county office building being posted ) They will not be proactively ID'ing Open Carriers without other cause to approach. They have taken however a very narrow outlook on what is acceptable an acceptable belt/shoulder holster. I'd recommend leaving a drop leg at home and for you tactical folks leave the gun off your chest rig. Dont carry small of the back with it half exposed. On the brighter side they're going to take a dim outlook on people lying about OC to 911. They did point out that it will be difficult to prove that case.