ASP Baton

[Kalrog]

Why is it so hard to READ the law and do WHAT IS WRITTEN? Not what you think it should say or what you wish it would say. Kinda like the folks that "interpret" the constitution... including the supreme court.

[Baytown]

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

[KBCraig]

Glenn, my solution is a lot simpler: eliminate PC 46.02 and 46.05, and clean up 46.01 now that some of those senseless definitions are no longer needed.

Much easier my way.

Kevin

[Baytown]

Agreed.

Glenn