"I would hope he would not act like an actor from "COPS" and scream "GUN!!!!" and then try to manhandle me to the ground"
More and more, the way cops to handle suspects today is to have them "take a ride on the taser."
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- Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:46 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Car Carry Legal now?
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- Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:46 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Car Carry Legal now?
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- Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:12 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Car Carry Legal now?
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txinvestigator,
Let’s reverse engineer the sentences (no pun intended) and continue to focus only on handguns in vehicles.
46.02
(a)--A person inside a motor vehicle with a handgun in their possession does not commit an offense.
(a-1)—A person inside a motor vehicle who possesses a handgun in plain view commits an offense.
Maybe this law was written by University of Texas alumni redactors for University of Houston alumni prosecutors in a moment of transcendental synergy.
But this Aggie is having a hard time with the ambiguity inherent in this statute.
Thanks flb_78 for clearing that up about “in plain view.� That is comforting, unless one rides a motorcycle..........
Let’s reverse engineer the sentences (no pun intended) and continue to focus only on handguns in vehicles.
46.02
(a)--A person inside a motor vehicle with a handgun in their possession does not commit an offense.
(a-1)—A person inside a motor vehicle who possesses a handgun in plain view commits an offense.
Maybe this law was written by University of Texas alumni redactors for University of Houston alumni prosecutors in a moment of transcendental synergy.
But this Aggie is having a hard time with the ambiguity inherent in this statute.
Thanks flb_78 for clearing that up about “in plain view.� That is comforting, unless one rides a motorcycle..........
- Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:31 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Car Carry Legal now?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 11149
- Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Car Carry Legal now?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 11149
Assuming txinvestigator has presented the latest rendition from the TX Penal Code, there may indeed exist some ambiguity in the law:
46.02(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...inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control.
(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun in a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control at any time in which...the handgun is in plain view.
What exactly is the safe harbor, inside a vehicle with a handgun, or inside a vehicle with the gun concealed from plain view?
46.02(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...inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control.
(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun in a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control at any time in which...the handgun is in plain view.
What exactly is the safe harbor, inside a vehicle with a handgun, or inside a vehicle with the gun concealed from plain view?