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Mike1951 wrote:please provide another type of business where this is common.

Please provide another type of business that can be pretty sure none of their customers will object.

KBCraig wrote:Neither you as a host, nor the store owner, is mentioned in the PC as an exception to 46.02 or 46.035. Feel free to tell your guests that they can OC on your property; they would still be breaking the law.

So, are you saying that showing off guns isn't a legitimate sporting activity in Texas?

(b) Section 46.02 does not apply to a person who:
(4) is engaging in lawful hunting, fishing, or other sporting activity on the immediate premises where the activity is
conducted, or is en route between the premises and the actor's residence, if the weapon is a type commonly used
in the activity;

Mike1951 wrote:Employees would not qualify unless they were licensed security officers as specified in Subdivision (5).

You're assuming that control of premises cannot be delegated or divided. Try that one on your wife sometime.

Do you know that the owner doesn't allow the employees *any* control over the premises? I've worked small mom & pop retail in places where, if I decided I wanted someone out of the store, I could take the necessary steps and explain myself to management later. Unless there was a very good reason to reverse the decision, I might be in trouble, but the person removed would still not be allowed back in. That is a degree of control over the premises, and pretty much equivalent to what I have had as a manager at another job; I still had to defend my decisions, but they were binding unless rescinded by my boss.

If I permit someone to carry a gun on my property, it's a pretty strong indicator that I trust that person with a degree of control over it, but that doesn't mean that I completely abdicate my control over the property.