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txinvestigator wrote: The never said that in either my initial instructor class, nor my instructor renewal class. I also asked my father who has been instructing since 1996, and DPS has never told HIM that either.

I just polled all of our instructors.......It'll be interesting to read their replies.

And that's why we have so many differences of opinion on these finer points. It all depends on what was said in your instructor's class, or what was HEARD, or what you THOUGHT you heard, and what you remembered.

I know my classes vary from week to week, depending on what questions are asked, or what I might not have remembered to bring up at what point during the day. Sometimes I get sidetracked...

Charles Cotton wrote:I agree that simply telling someone you have a gun should not be a violation of 46.035(a). For some time after 1995, I opined that it was not an "intentional failure to conceal" if you simply told someone you had a gun and didn't show it. Apparently, DPS doesn't agree as they teach Instructors that verbal disclosure that you have a gun is a violation.

Charles is correct. This was stressed in my last instructor renewal class.

I have found the best way to respond to "Are you carrying?" is with an unending series of questions. "Are you a law enforcement officer? No? Why do you want to know? Why, are YOU carrying?" You get the drill.

Eventually, they just don't care anymore.