... at least to me.
Here's the bullet points from the penal code, simplified:
There are places where conceal AND open carry are prohibited. I won't go into those.
Private businesses (and now churches) can prohibit either conceal or open or both.
To do so, the owner or an apparent representative of the owner must give notice.
Notice can be given in four (4) ways:
1.) Verbally - this sounds like the "trespass" rule of law where a business can ask you to leave, but because it involves a firearm, failure to comply elevates the infraction.
2.) By a card. The card must contain the exact wording of penal code 30.06 or 30.07 or both.
3.) Via a document. The document must contain the exact wording of penal code 30.06 or 30.07 or both.
4.) By signage displayed prominently on the property. The wording must be precisely the same as 30.06 or 30.07 with letters on contrasting background, 1 inch high and repeated in Spanish.
If a business posts only a 30.06, that means no concealed weapons, but open carry is OK.
If a business posts only a 30.07, that means conceal carry only.
If a business displays both 30.06 and 30.07, it's a gun-free zone.
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I went to Dick's today. It has no signage on its doors. That means I can carry conceal and open, right?
Nope. :wink:
It's physically connected to a humongous mall that is a gun-free zone.
A business only needs signage at one place (the mall has too many entries for me to count accurately) and that signage applies to the entire property.
A defense is that a person did not see any signs. That will work one time only, and the person carrying must exit immediately. Because I have been to that mall, I know that there are signs that make it gun-free. That's why I don't usually go there, but I just had to see the inside of a Dick's store.
They don't have any products that interest me. I asked for the manager and pulled him aside (nice guy) and verified that Dick's is a gun-free zone. He started to apologize and I stopped him. I don't care. I obey the law.
I did point out to him that there was a sign that said, "Please check all weapons at the front desk."
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He said he never noticed. It's a holdover from the days when they used to sell guns.
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30.06 - conceal carry
"Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a concealed handgun"
(insert same wording here in Spanish for public signage)
30.07 - open carry
"Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a handgun that is carried openly"
(insert same wording here in Spanish for public signage)
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