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by spectre
Sun Sep 30, 2018 12:36 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Cities improperly posting 30.06 signs?
Replies: 1085
Views: 399467

Re: Cities improperly posting 30.06 signs?

WildRose wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:57 pm We also need a change in law that allows for a criminal prosecution of those individuals for Oppression Under Cover of Authority/Official Oppression.
Texas law already makes it a crime to do what they're doing but so far nobody has the stones to make an arrest.

§ 39.03. (a) A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he:
(1) intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful;
(2) intentionally denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, knowing his conduct is unlawful;


The law is crystal clear, in black and white, in plain English, that 30.06 and 30.07 don't apply where "the property on which the license holder carries a handgun is owned or leased by a governmental entity" unless the property is off limits under § 46 like a courtroom or a secured area of an airport.

More laws are not the answer. Law Enforcement needs to enforce existing laws or they're part of the problem.

ICYMI IANAL TINLA OK?
by spectre
Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Cities improperly posting 30.06 signs?
Replies: 1085
Views: 399467

Re: Cities improperly posting 30.06 signs?

WildRose wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:57 pm
spectre wrote: Sun May 06, 2018 5:25 pm
JustSomeOldGuy wrote:
Huh. That's weird - it never mentions 30.07, only 30.06
Here's a hint why;
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (S.B. 273), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 435), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 435), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.
:iagree: Also, there's not much point in adding open carry when enforcement is nearly nonexistant for improperly posted 30.06 signs. Now, if the law was changed to allow each affected LTC to individually bring suit against offenders in small claims court, for civil rights violations, I bet the signs would come down a lot quicker. Can you imagine the effect of even a few hundred Harris County residents each bringing a separate $1000 suit against a local offender? :evil2:
This is the next step we need in the law along with placing those fines directly on those responsible for the policies, rather than making the taxpayers of those communities liable for their abuse of office.

We also need a change in law that allows for a criminal prosecution of those individuals for Oppression Under Cover of Authority/Official Oppression.
Not going to happen. Career politicians will never pass a law holding politicians personally responsible for their actions. The citizens always get victimized twice: first by bad guys in government and second by paying the bill for their oppression.
by spectre
Sun May 06, 2018 5:25 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Cities improperly posting 30.06 signs?
Replies: 1085
Views: 399467

Re: Cities improperly posting 30.06 signs?

JustSomeOldGuy wrote:
Huh. That's weird - it never mentions 30.07, only 30.06
Here's a hint why;
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (S.B. 273), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 435), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 435), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.
:iagree: Also, there's not much point in adding open carry when enforcement is nearly nonexistant for improperly posted 30.06 signs. Now, if the law was changed to allow each affected LTC to individually bring suit against offenders in small claims court, for civil rights violations, I bet the signs would come down a lot quicker. Can you imagine the effect of even a few hundred Harris County residents each bringing a separate $1000 suit against a local offender? :evil2:

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