DPS Serial Number Check Strategy

[tacticool]

So.. I was giving this some thought and checked the regulations and I think what I came up with is legal.

GCA 1968 specifically prohibit defacement or removal or removal of serial numbers on firearms.

I see no prohibition on temporarily "covering" the serial number. In fact, a lot of pistols have the serial number under the picatinny rail on the bottom of the frame. A flashlight or any accessory would "cover" that serial number and it would no longer be in "plain sight."

Seems to me like some nice black stickers with "Removal Constitutes a Search" printed on them would be legal and prevent the SN from being in "plain sight" when disarmed during a traffic stop, yet does not violate the law.

I don't know if I would do it, but I know a bunch of people here seem to think this DPS policy is over the line.

Any thoughts?

It seems like a lot of effort when a lock box would be more effective and have other advantages besides.

[E.Marquez]

So.. I was giving this some thought and checked the regulations and I think what I came up with is legal.

GCA 1968 specifically prohibit defacement or removal or removal of serial numbers on firearms.

I see no prohibition on temporarily "covering" the serial number. In fact, a lot of pistols have the serial number under the picatinny rail on the bottom of the frame. A flashlight or any accessory would "cover" that serial number and it would no longer be in "plain sight."

Seems to me like some nice black stickers with "Removal Constitutes a Search" printed on them would be legal and prevent the SN from being in "plain sight" when disarmed during a traffic stop, yet does not violate the law.

I don't know if I would do it, but I know a bunch of people here seem to think this DPS policy is over the line.

Any thoughts?

It seems like a lot of effort when a lock box would be more effective and have other advantages besides.

While Im not going to do the cover the Ser# option..

Not sure what use a gun in a lock box is either as a defensive weapon?

[apostate]

Not sure what use a gun in a lock box is either as a defensive weapon?

Nobody said the box has to be locked at all times.

Once upon a time, there was no Texas CHL. In those dark times, it is rumored, some people carried a pistol in an unlocked briefcase. It was reasonably accessible in many situations. Like purse carry today, it had some challenges. However, 20 years ago there was no way to get a CHL, so on-body carry carried its own set of risks if an average citizen was not hunting, et cetera. Indeed, the primary advantage of that hypothetical carry method was the ability to quickly spin the combo-wheels, converting the briefcase into a locked container.

Or so the story goes.

[E.Marquez]

Not sure what use a gun in a lock box is either as a defensive weapon?

Nobody said the box has to be locked at all times.

Once upon a time, there was no Texas CHL. In those dark times, it is rumored, some people carried a pistol in an unlocked briefcase. It was reasonably accessible in many situations. Like purse carry today, it had some challenges. However, 20 years ago there was no way to get a CHL, so on-body carry carried its own set of risks if an average citizen was not hunting, et cetera. Indeed, the primary advantage of that hypothetical carry method was the ability to quickly spin the combo-wheels, converting the briefcase into a locked container.

Or so the story goes.

I suppose if this was Texas Car carry without a CHL.com the idea of unlocked, lock box carry in a car would be a great point

But I though we were discussing carry under the authority of Texas CHL, and what happens when you get pulled over by that 1 in 1,10000 TX LEOS, who believes in disarming to check a guns serial number (is the number even that common?)

All in good fun of course.

I guess if someone wants to car carry that might work, but I prefer to have my gun secured so no matter what events might take place.. I know the gun is in the exact position/location i put it in before the wreck, evasive maneuver, assault.. car jacking.