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I know what I probably will do, which is defer to the safe side of this topic, but I would like your input to convince me that it is OK to carry (or not).

My nephew will be playing football (7/8 year olds).
It is NOT a school function, but the games will be played on the fields at various schools.

I know "premises" is deemed building, as a Texas CHL holder I can carry on school property, outside of buildings, but not in buildings.
I also know I cannot carry at school events

However this is one of those gray areas.... not a school event, but a sporting event at a school none-the-less.

Opinions or carry or not and why... thanks

Not inside the school, not sponsored by the school...carry away.

What are they going to charge you with if you're arrested there? I can't think of a single law you're breaking.

My .02

If you were sitting in the stands of a school stadium while watching it on the field, I can see a zealous prosecutor arguing that the stands are enough of a "building" to qualify as premises under the law. If you were standing at the side of a grass field, just out in the middle of an open area and it's not a school-sponsored event, I'd concur that you're not violating any laws I can think of. IANAL!

denwego wrote:If you were sitting in the stands of a school stadium while watching it on the field, I can see a zealous prosecutor arguing that the stands are enough of a "building" to qualify as premises under the law. If you were standing at the side of a grass field, just out in the middle of an open area and it's not a school-sponsored event, I'd concur that you're not violating any laws I can think of. IANAL!

I think they'd be hard pressed to make the case that a set of cheap bleachers constitutes "premises" when a parking garage does not. But, like you, I'm not a lawyer so who knows what they might try to argue.

The great thing about Concealed carry is you'll probably never have to find out what a lawyer would say about it, because they'll never know you were carrying.

Seems to me you're good to go but please take it easy on the zebras.

Careful, what I've read crossing a fence constitutes "premises" if said fence is attached to a building on school property.

From 46.035
(3) "Premises" means a building or a portion of a building. The term does not include any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area.

The usual, IANAL.

A fence can be used to exclude members of the public and transform a public place into a place with some expectation of privacy, but it doesn't make it a building. The Penal Code definition of "building" in regards to trespass, etc, is:

§30.01 (2) "Building" means any enclosed structure intended for use or occupation as a habitation or for some purpose of trade, manufacture, ornament, or use.

A field with a fence around it is enclosed, but not a structure. I believe the specific exemptions to §46.035 regarding parking garages and the like were added to specifically exclude them from the definition of a building; i.e., the legislature intended the parking areas of a location to be OK to carry whether they be a patch of grass or a multi-story structure.

IANAL!