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Liberty wrote:I'm not an expert, but city it seems that city ordinances would not be in effect once one is 3 or so miles out.

I'm not an expert, either; but I think city authority ends at the waterline. Galveston has no police boats.

I brought it up in case anyone was thinking of fishing from shore.

- Jim

txinvestigator wrote:I knew Galveston had restrictions, but don't they make exception for gun ranges and rights granted by law (like self-defense)?

I just read Galveston's ordinances, and they have one prohibiting CHL carry in city owned premises. Seems to be in conflict with TPC 30.06.

Gun ranges, yes. Lawful purposes, no.

I know of no case where a citizen (non-LEO) has discharged a firearm for lawful self defense within the city limits in the eleven years I've been living here. (I certainly could have forgotten.)

Most city facilities are posted with a variety of signs that do not comply with state law (parks aren't, that I have noticed). I suspect the municipal code has never been updated to recognize CHL.

- Jim

txinvestigator wrote:Why would it not be legal to shoot a shark?

There are often complicated rules about game. For instance, it's illegal in many places to spear fish without first catching them on a line or in a net.

I don't know of any regulation about shooting sharks, but then I've never gone fishing for them.

BTW, it is illegal to discharge a firearm for any reason on the east end of Galveston, or within 500 feet of a residence or commercial structure on the west end. That's pretty much everywhere except the state park and the private ranges.

- Jim