If you don't ID, you'll be arrested for unlawful carry, not failure to id. Once arrested, you'll have to show id, so why not just show it up front?cb1000rider wrote:Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon (46.02) is not the same as an arrest for failure to identify. As I understand it, an arrest for failure to identify can't stand on it's own - at least not past the court room.
It's pretty clear that for the time being some PDs will take carrying of a firearm as enough justification to ask for ID. I'm quite sure that this will eventually get sorted out in the court system.
Bottom line is - from my understanding - you shouldn't be arrested for "failure to ID" alone, but it has happened in the past.
Edit: The only valid reason for a "failure to ID" arrest is providing FALSE information.
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- Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:33 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Failure to ID
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Re: Failure to ID
- Mon Dec 28, 2015 3:10 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Failure to ID
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Re: Failure to ID
Refusing to identify while open carrying would just show incredibly bad judgement..... and frankly, accomplish nothing.