I don't know if he is right or wrong but this is a perfect example of how confusing that law was. It seems different departments had rules of their own to determine the traveling exemption. I had a "situation" in Dallas and the officers told me their was no rules on how many counties I traversed, just the fact that I was obviously on my way home from the deer lease was enough to qualify under the traveling exemption. If you look further back, Kieth stated that you could not have a loaded gun up front with you. I have also heard different versions of that one too.rm9792 wrote: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.
Thank god they decided to clear it up with the new car carry rules.
.Back to the original topic for a minute. the very thought of a senior law enforcement officer suggesting that his officers will "throw down" on anyone with a firearm sickens me. Even with that out there, i would still intervene if I witnessed an officer getting the tar kicked out of him...or her. I would also intervene if I saw one citizen beating heck out of another. Intervene does not mean I would pull out my gun and start blastin people. I might just stop and say..."Hey fellers...what up?". I might do the ole school yard trick and scream the teacher is coming...or in this case i would say cop. If I had to, I would open a can of whoop butt as a very last resort. But yes, I would help the cop if it looked like they needed help.
