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Liberty wrote:I just wonder what made them feel the need to post this.

Interblog wrote:

Liberty wrote:... I doubt if the easement or utility right of way is posted 30.06/07 anyway. ...

Attached is an Imgur link to a blurry pic of an easement in the Clear Lake area. The bright white object just left of photo center is a pipeline access point (where the pipeline segment extends above ground, has valves, flanges, etc.). It is surrounded by a chain link fence. Not visible on this photo, but clearly visible in person, are conforming 30.06/07 signs on the chain link fence.

Question: Is the owner and/or easement holder attempting to convey restriction just inside the chain link fence, or inside the entire easement? There are no other structures or points where such signs could be posted if the intent was to declare for the easement itself.

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

gtolbert09 wrote:

Keith B wrote:

gtolbert09 wrote:One thing to keep in mind. If your employer prohibits firearms as company policy, you could be terminated for having it in your car while at work. Remember Texas is an at will employment state and violating company policy can lead to termination.

Actually, as long as it stays in the car in the designated parking lot, they can't.

My employer bans firearms on their property including the parking lots\garages. We have to read and sign an Employee code of conduct every year that states no firearms on the property. We can be terminated if they find out you have a firearm in you vehicle on their property. Btw, the HQ is in NY.

If you are ever looking to get a new job, you may want to casually mention to your employer that you have a gun in your car, in their parking lot. That way, you will get a nice severance package in the form of a wrongful termination settlement / judgment.

gtolbert09 wrote:One thing to keep in mind. If your employer prohibits firearms as company policy, you could be terminated for having it in your car while at work. Remember Texas is an at will employment state and violating company policy can lead to termination.

Colonel Angus wrote:

Grundy1133 wrote:(also if the AR-15 isnt concealed then you wouldnt be in compliance with the MPA anyway.)

Since when did MPA have anything to do with rifles?

spectre wrote:

Grundy1133 wrote:

spectre wrote:Are you saying a land owner can't prohibit guns on their property by giving oral notice?

yes. he can. but your car is not his property...

OK. Drive into a military base with an AR-15 in the passenger seat and tell the MPs your car isn't government property.

spectre wrote:

ScottDLS wrote:

spectre wrote:A land owner can give oral notice or written notice. Oral notice prohibiting firearms covers both MPA and LTC.

Not true. That it covers MPA.

Are you saying a land owner can't prohibit guns on their property by giving oral notice?

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ScottDLS wrote:

spectre wrote:A land owner can give oral notice or written notice. Oral notice prohibiting firearms covers both MPA and LTC.

Not true. That it covers MPA.

Grundy1133 wrote:I didn't think you could prohibit someone from carrying in their car per the MPA... Is that incorrect?

No, it IS correct because 30.06 only applies to carrying under the authority of your LTC. So if a parking lot is posted 30.06 and you are carrying in your vehicle then you are not violating 30.06. If 30.05 is purportedly used, then you are excepted due to having, not carrying under, LTC, so 30.05 doesn't work either.

For the employer parking lot law, the employer (utility) may not fire you (legally) for parking in their lot....that they own. However if you are parking in another employer's lot and they find out, they can presumably tell your employer you are no longer allowed to work on the property. However depending on the easements, they may not be able to use 30.05 to criminally prosecute you for doing so.

Short answer, leave it in the truck and don't worry about it.