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All alcoholic beverages retailers must post one of two firearms signs. One sign is intended for use on the types of premises where a holder of a concealed hand gun license may lawfully possess a concealed hand gun: establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption or, if licensed for sale for on-premises consumption, establishments whose alcohol sales are 50% or less of total gross receipts. It warns that unlicensed possession of a concealed weapon is a felony.

The second sign, the 51% sign, is to be posted on the premises of establishments where the possession of any concealed weapon is illegal. These are establishments that are licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption whose alcohol sales constitutes more than half of gross receipts. These signs have 51% in large red letters superimposed over the warning and the warning notes that possession of a concealed weapon on the premises is a felony.

As a general rule, a true restaurant will have alcohol sales that are less than 50% of gross receipts and would be expected to post the first sign. However, if its alcohol sales are greater than 50% of gross receipts, then it would have to post the second.

ImportedTexan wrote:Hey everyone. I’m new to the community here awaiting my license in the mail, and new to forums period. Please forgive me if I’m going against protocol in any way.

Having taken on such a burden of responsibility as everyone here has, and in being somewhat paranoid about doing the wrong thing, I was hoping to get some clarification and advice on signs currently posted.

I took my LTC class for the second time (first time in ‘06, never had the opportunity to turn my paperwork in) in October and my instructor didn’t stay on the 30.06, 30.07, or 51% signs too long. It was basically if you see one or both of these don’t carry, otherwise you’re good. He didn’t however tell us what the specifications for such signs are.

I’ve got the Texas3006 App installed and between that and this forum I’m seeing “non-compliant” and “invalid” being tossed around a lot. So, that leads me to my question as to what specifically valid/invalid signs look like? I.e. Materials the sign is printed on, color, font, size of the letters, languages, etc....

Again I apologize if I’m beating a dead horse and the answer to all my questions are a simple google search away. Personally I’d rather get my answers here as it seems there is a wealth of knowledge in the room.

• Be in both english and spanish
  Appears in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height; and
  Is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public.
  And the text must be identical to the following; "Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a concealed handgun";

• Be in both english and spanish
  Appears in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height; and
  Is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property.
  And the text must be identical to the following; "Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a handgun that is carried openly"