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LaUser wrote: And how does anyone who does not know the person carrying know if the firearm is being possessed lawfully?

The same way we know that the a stranger driving a car has a valid license. (IE - we don't)

A-R wrote:
If you plan to open carry in Austin, I'd highly recommend you study "jaywalking" and other areas of law. Because I guarantee there will be a lot of "jaywalking" type pretext stops of anyone open carrying in Austin.

No pretext. They already do that stuff... Unfortunately. They call it "traffic safety".

Art makes it sound like they'll do everything in their power to prevent effective OC. That will mean demonstrations, clashes with police asking for ID, and eventual legal challenges...

Even if OC legislation lacks an amendment to prohibit stopping based on OC alone, it really doesn't change the balance of caselaw which has held for years that you can't stop and demand ID without cause (probable cause or reasonable suspicion). They'll do it, but it'll eventually get legally swatted..

anygunanywhere wrote:
Also, lawful possession of a firearm including OC is not PC or RS.

Art Acevedo thinks we're doing it wrong:

"If the law requires you to have a CHL in order to open carry, then how do you prohibit officers from checking if you have that CHL in the first place?" he said.