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Re: Just Curious

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:39 pm
by rspeir
TexasComputerDude wrote:foiled again! it requires the chl doesn't it :-(
A CHL is not required to conceal a rifle or shotgun, it only pertains to handguns.

Re: Just Curious

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:57 pm
by bdickens
KBCraig wrote:
bdickens wrote:Packing one of those under your black trench coat is a sure way to attract unwarranted attention.
And yet it's perfectly legal.

So is open carrying your S&W 29 in your front yard. Do it here in Houston (especially in the Montrose), though, and tell me how long it takes for the cops to show up.

Re: Just Curious

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:23 pm
by couzin
The CHL pertains only to the definition "handgun" and the definition in the Texas penal code Sec. 46.01. is (5) "Handgun" means any firearm that is designed, made, or adapted to be fired with one hand. If you can fire a hand held cannon - I guess that is 'legal'. :fire

IANAL but I would think that concealing a rifle or shotgun down your pants or in a trenchcoat would probably get someone a concealed weapons charge? :confused5

Re: Just Curious

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:46 pm
by Mike1951
couzin wrote:The CHL pertains only to the definition "handgun" and the definition in the Texas penal code Sec. 46.01. is (5) "Handgun" means any firearm that is designed, made, or adapted to be fired with one hand. If you can fire a hand held cannon - I guess that is 'legal'. :fire

IANAL but I would think that concealing a rifle or shotgun down your pants or in a trenchcoat would probably get someone a concealed weapons charge? :confused5
"designed, made, or adapted" I can fire my riot guns with one hand. That does not make them handguns as they were neither designed, made, or adapted to be fired with one hand.

There is no statute on the books related to concealing a long gun.

Re: Just Curious

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:30 pm
by KC5AV
bdickens wrote:
KBCraig wrote:
bdickens wrote:Packing one of those under your black trench coat is a sure way to attract unwarranted attention.
And yet it's perfectly legal.

So is open carrying your S&W 29 in your front yard. Do it here in Houston (especially in the Montrose), though, and tell me how long it takes for the cops to show up.
So what if the cops show up? If you are on your own property, there's not a whole lot they can do. They might not like it, but that doesn't make it illegal.

Re: Just Curious

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:41 am
by bdickens
No, but there's that unwanted attention bugbear again.