Posted on 01/01/2016 3:56:13 AM PST by marktwain
Couldn’t they accomplish the same thing with a shorter sign?
“WE HATE TEXANS AND WANT TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS”
“DO NOT ENTER UNLESS YOU ARE A LIBERAL SISSY”
It seems like that would accomplish the same goal.
>>> Last year, the Library had a small no guns sign. It was not enforceable because it did not meet the 30.06 standards. <<<
Under Texas law, employers may post a small “no guns” sign that applies only to employees and is irrelevant to either 30.06 or 30.07.
Personal opinion: There should be a 30.08 sign advertising a “Gun Free Target Zone” for our whiny liberal friends in Austin.
I think this makes sense. Unlike here in AZ where businesses seem to be able to stick their sign damn near anywhere. Front door, back bar, toilet wall etc. I have no problem with a business deciding they do not want me and my firearm, but it pisses me off to sit down order my dinner and then see their sign on a wall, kinda blending in with eh other signs.
In one case a couple of weeks ago, I did not see the sign until the waiter had brought the first course to the table.
Guess who got screwed that time. Not me.
Do you hear me RACEWAY?
Haha, I like it :) I have a CHL and do carry some. But, probably won’t do open carry very often. I am in favor of open carry though; primarily because it eliminates the risk of being confronted or even arrested for inadvertent printing or flashing while carrying concealed. A problem here in Texas during hot summer months.
I’ll stick with concealed carry (have Texas CHL) unless for some reason find myself in an urban ghetto.
However, it’s nice to have the new open carry law in place in the event my shirt rides up and inadvertently exposes the concealed handgun to some left-wing whacko in public.
I look and if one isn't readily visible from 10', I enter w/o disarming. Ironic how some have so many stickers that the no gun ones are on a window several feet from the door or down by the ground or other hard to spot.......
Correct. And Texas culture and attitudes survived Reconstruction (that R-word was not an accurate descriptive word for what it was). The reason it was not previously reversed is the POLs in Austin & DC feared the citizens of Texas. The citizens of Texas do not fear the citizens of Texas.
I suspect the following has an impact upon the signage.....
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with
block letters at least one inch in height; and
Mass disobedience works.
There should be a 7 day waiting period before being able to pst that sign.
Concealed 30.06
have already written HEB, Randalls that I will shop at Krogers and Walmart instead so I do not become a terrorist statistic due to the whims of those stores.
Maybe they should consider a sign that states it’s a gun free zone and people entering are at a risk of losing their life.
Looking forward to Texas Open Carry
Plan on doing the whole deal
Hat, Duster, Boots with spurs, 45 Colt with leather holster and bandoliers
It’s been entertaining watching the academia at UT Austin go apoplectic over all of this.
My opinion of “open carry” makes me think of specifics and not generalizations.
Do I think open carry in church is “OK”?
Nope.
Concealed carry is fine but in church it just seems that is like wearing tennis shoes or flip flops. You CAN but should you?
How about a doctor’s office?
Once again, nope. Concealed carry is fine but open carry in a place that you have to disrobe and possibly leave your clothes somewhere while you get tests/xrays/ct scans/mri might be a little dicey if one of the staff or other patients get sticky fingers.
But my real problem with open carry isn’t about fashion or theft. For ME, I don’t think I’d carry out in the open because I’d be the first person the bad guys would kill. If I were a bad man, the first threat I’d eliminate would be the guy packing heat. One shot in the head and then it would be on.
I also haven’t trained very well in weapon retention. I know that a lot of FReepers make fun of cops and their training, but try to get a pistol out of their holster.
Finally, it’s like a lot of things. Just because you CAN do something, doesn’t mean you SHOULD do something. I carry on the range, hunting, going around the property when I’m by myself. I also think any person should be allowed to carry concealed that wants to without the bureaucratic hoops and fees.
Just my thoughts.
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