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Richbirdhunter wrote:If you are a registered guest of the hotel, isn't that your temporary residence and don't you have the right to carry?

I think so. But if a 30.06 was posted the question comes in as to how you legally get the gun from the parking lot to your room. And as it is a hotel I think that you can make a case for being on travel, providing you went directly from car to room (and not for example, have dinner in the restaurant). I myself don't know if the common areas are treated the same as for a condo/apartment, for example. But I think that you can transport from the parking lot to your room (meaning not carry) if it is posted. I think. But that's why lawyers get paid to deal with those what ifs and coulds.

My understanding of 46.02, and given that there is no 30.06 posted, is that you can carry your handgun directly from your car to your hotel room because the hotel room is equivalent to your own premises. Worst case, MPA car/parking lot, while in the car place it in your luggage, transport the gun to your room, where you are then in premises under your control. And if you were to go directly from your car to your room, I think that the traveling part of 46.02 is applicable. But in my mind with no 30.06 posted you can CC it to/from without the transport in your luggage.

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; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control.