KBCraig wrote:I salute the manager for doing this. I'm sure he knows that when faced with the choice of being dead and having a job, or being alive and not, everyone will choose life.
That said... his authorization carries no legal weight. Open carry (for non-LEO, non-security guard, non-sporting purpose, non-owner, non-manager) is UCW, even if the boss encourages it.
I know we've all seen gun shop employees openly carrying. They're also technically outside the law. Do I expect the police to make an issue at either a gun shop, or a high-crime AutoZone? No. But they could, because it's still illegal.
Just FYI, so that everyone can make an informed decision.
Kevin
May be I'm reading this wrong but it seems the non-applicability clause for UCW would cover the employees of the AutoZone as well as employees of any business where the owner or general manager asks his employees to carry a weapon on our about their person if their primary responsibility is something other than that of a security guard.
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(b) Section 46.02 does not apply to a person who...
(2) is on the person's own premises or premises under
the person's control unless the person is an employee or agent of
the owner of the premises and the person's primary responsibility
is to act in the capacity of a security guard to protect persons or
property, in which event the person must comply with Subdivision
(5);
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