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- JimPC §46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER.
(c) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, at any meeting of a governmental entity.
(i) Subsections (b)(4), (b)(5), (b)(6), and (c) do not apply if the actor was not given effective notice under Section 30.06.
Unless it is in a courthouse or official city meeting location aren't such ordinances illegal?txinvestigator wrote:You can be arrested or charged under the City Ord., but it would be a class C misdemeanor only.
They're not illegal in the sense that the city council could be punished for passing them. They just cannot be used to prosecute a CHL holder in state district court.Liberty wrote:Unless it is in a courthouse or official city meeting location aren't such ordinances illegal?
This allows municipalities to prohibit carrying long guns in parks, meetings, etc.LGC §229.001. FIREARMS; EXPLOSIVES. (a) A municipality may not adopt regulations relating to the transfer, private ownership, keeping, transportation, licensing, or registration of firearms, ammunition, or firearm supplies.
(b) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority a municipality has under another law to:...
(6) regulate the carrying of a firearm by a person other than a person licensed to carry a concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, at a:...
(A) public park;
(B) public meeting of a municipality, county, or other governmental body;
(C) political rally, parade, or official political meeting; or
(D) nonfirearms-related school, college, or professional athletic event.
As I understand it most ordinances are tried in city municipal court. Can this automatically be waived? or does one have to appeal it.seamusTX wrote:They're not illegal in the sense that the city council could be punished for passing them. They just cannot be used to prosecute a CHL holder in state district court.Liberty wrote:Unless it is in a courthouse or official city meeting location aren't such ordinances illegal?
I don't believe a municipal court is a court of record, so you can appeal it to County Court, but you get a new trial.Liberty wrote:As I understand it most ordinances are tried in city municipal court. Can this automatically be waived? or does one have to appeal it.seamusTX wrote:They're not illegal in the sense that the city council could be punished for passing them. They just cannot be used to prosecute a CHL holder in state district court.Liberty wrote:Unless it is in a courthouse or official city meeting location aren't such ordinances illegal?
well, la-dee-flippin'-da!!! aren't you special!seamusTX wrote:I don't know. I have never had a run-in with the law in Texas.
- Jim
In what state DID you have a run-in with the law.seamusTX wrote:I don't know. I have never had a run-in with the law in Texas.
- Jim
Illinois. I was young and stupid once, a long time ago.txinvestigator wrote:In what state DID you have a run-in with the law.
Sorry, I was just kiddin.seamusTX wrote:Illinois. I was young and stupid once, a long time ago.txinvestigator wrote:In what state DID you have a run-in with the law.
- Jim
That's OK. I'm not ashamed of it. I was just acting rowdy. Charges dropped. It was a learning experience and made me more careful.txinvestigator wrote:Sorry, I was just kiddin.