The Texas Municipal League guide which apparently is used to teach many LEO still in the end summary shows that church and hospital carry is illegal without being posted. At least in the last issue I saw. Proof that the laws are confusing.jmra wrote:I have worked daily with numerous officers over the last 7 years and have had conversations with all of them regarding licensed carry. Not a single one of them possessed what I would consider a working knowledge of licensed carry. Within the last week I have encountered two officers at our church who claimed that the new laws prohibited church carry of any kind and that any business desiring to post either 30.06 or 30.07 signs had to post both. They claimed they had received this in writing from DPS. I requested that they provide a copy of those directives. I've yet to see it.
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- Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:56 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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- Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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These rules are too complex. There are many attorneys that provide simplified explanations ( such as Texas Municipal League) to cities throughout Texas and provide the wrong explanations. The classic being hospital, church and nursing home entry where you have to continue reading to find that you can enter unless posted. If attorneys can't figure out the rules how is the average Joe going to do it? I personally can't figure out the college campus rules and one needs a calendar to know what they are on any day and are they private, public, junior, etc.? Obviously simple is not part of the equation.
- Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:16 pm
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I thought you were just restricted from the buildings. Never heard that you had to stay in your car. Unless they had a school activity going on in parking lot you should be able to carry, correct?cbunt1 wrote:It does feel a bit overwhelming at first. I remember the constant wondering about whether I was "OK" to carry.
This is oversimplifying, but frankly the places you can't carry are few enough to be an exception rather than the rule.
For most people, certain restaurants/bars, picking up the kids at school, going to the post office, and renewing the tags on your car are the most common "Maybe" questions.
Post Office is a no-go -- Federal Property
Car tags/title -- MAY be in a building that's off-limits (Lots of questions there) due to courtrooms or offices
Picking up the kids/grandkids at school -- Generally fine as long as you're staying in your car.
Restaurants: As long as it's not a 51% location, and it's not posted with 30.06 or 30.07, it's fine.
This is a GROSS oversimplification, but I find that it covers 80% of the "oh really? I can do that?" for the brand new carrier.
As always, this forum is a great resource for those questions.