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Does "own premises" include the yard? My CHL instructor clearly stated that the law considers your yard (especially your front yard) public space and showing your weapon in a place where passers by can clearly see you wearing it is considered unlawful carry (ie as stated above Sec 46.02). At the time i didnt agree with him, but he responded with "do you want to be a test case?"RPB wrote:I "brandish" daily in my yard wearing no shirt, IWB gun holstered obvious I am wearing a gun, sometimes two; mowing, shoveling, raking, waving at people driving by, ... no law against it. Texas has no law on "brandishing" Perfectly legal to open carry on your own property, and inside your own garage ... I'd really hesitate to buy "insurance" or a "legal protection plan" from someone who does not know the law ... They need a better example than that if they want people who know better to buy their product.Topbuilder wrote:The example (condensed) given the day of my course :
GG refueling generator in garage on day of mass power outage. 2 BG approach GG, inform him they were going to relieve him of his generator. GG opens coat, "brandishes CCW weapon. BGs decide that was not the generator they were looking for. They leave. They get home and call police... police arrest GG for brandishing. GG gets off after MUCH legal expense. Moral of the story: Too bad he did not have XX prepaid legal...
Now I'm thinking, wow, I might need this service, I might have done the same thing. But I never buy on "today only" presentations. Actually the hole story does not really pass the smell test... BG call police and says we were going to steal his generator...
Reminds me of the guy who took his cocaine to the local precinct to make sure his dealer was not cutting it. Wanted them to check it, make sure it was pure.
Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(1) on the person's own premises or premises under the person's control;
Though in the given situation, the homeowner who was legally open carrying on his own property should have already informed police about the criminals and their attempted theft.
