You are wrong on no. 1 for sure. Show me where the number of counties was listed. There were exceptions for transport as well.dac1842 wrote:Android,
No offense taken sir. Very good and legitimate questions.
Prior to CHL laws being in place it was illegal in Texas to possess a firearm outside of your home unless you were
1- Traveling- At the time this meant crossing at least 3 county lines and being gone overnight.
2- Had in your possession items of high value. This was seen by the courts as over $1000 in cash or 10,000 in other items such as diamonds.
3- Were a peace officer
4- Were a commissioned security guard traveling directly to or from your place of employment.
There may have been other exceptions but I cannot recall them at this time.
Most officers depending on the time of day, place, who was carrying and attitude of the suspect would not take exception. The times I charged someone with that they were usually DWI, resisted arrest on another charge or displaying the weapon in a threatening manner. I cant recall any time I ever charged someone with UCW as a stand alone charge.
For instance I stopped nurses or others who worked shift work, were coming home at 2 and 3 am and if they were cooperative the fact they had a weapon was not ever a big deal.
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- Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:20 pm
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- Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:13 pm
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Re: Police not happy about relazation of TX CHL law
I had an accident (rearended by a drunk) that left me real woozy a few years back. My pistol flew from the console interior to who knows where. No chl but just arriving in houston from Dallas. I was sitting on the seat edge when i saw it under the mat. I had told one of the officers it was somewhere already so some wrecker driver or assistant did not "wander off" with it. When I picked it up the EMS tech got all panicky and called the officer over. All the HPD cop said was "I know, he told me." and never even looked over. They did take it since I was not in any shape to handle it and gave it back later that night. Ammo was out in a baggy. They didnt seem too anti gun then. I really think it depends on the officer involved and current push by the higher ups.I Know Jack wrote:I am not sure about the resistance of the HPD for law abiding folks to possess handguns, or the past cases....... I can say a few of my friends were disarmed during routine traffic stops in Houston, and handed their ammo back to them one round at a time!! HPD has a hard job, that I would not want, but I will not find myself in Houston without my gun when no HPD officers are not around and if they (HPD) can not respect that, they have a real problem!! Houston is rampant with crime and I will protect myself or property!!03Lightningrocks wrote:I Know Jack wrote:.