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If the lady from the legal team thinks if a group of school kids comes in Kroger you're in violation of the law, well, I really won't post what I think about her.

It would be interesting for her to explain how she gets that out of any statutes that are on the books for Texas. In section 46.035 that definately would not meet the criteria for interscholastic event.

(2) on the premises where a high school, collegiate, or professional
sporting event or interscholastic event is taking place, unless
the license holder is a participant in the event and a handgun is used
in the event;

If she is refering to the section in 46.03, I think she is stretching her interpretation of the law as well.

(1) on the physical premises of a school or educational institution,
any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored by a school or
educational institution is being conducted, or a passenger transportation
vehicle of a school or educational institution, whether the school or
educational institution is public or private, unless pursuant to written
regulations or written authorization of the institution;

I don't think that the field trip to the local Kroger meets the definition of school sponsored event. If the school district rents out a convetion center for a science fair or graduation or something, that would definately be a school sponsored event. The fact they take a field trip to a local grocery store doesn't mean they are sponsoring my shopping event. Her interpretation would mean that if your a your local Cracker Barrel, (pick your other favorite restuarant), and a school bus stops there to let the kids eat on their way to a ball game or whatever, the restaurant immediately becomes a prohibited place simply by the presence of school children eating at the same restuarant on the way to or from a game.

I don't read the law that way. Maybe someone with a more valid basis can correct me and give us something to contradict my view, and support the lady from the state.