What’s the legal answer here?
SB 273 protects citizens from improperly posted 30-06 signs used to coerce CHL holders into unnecessarily disarming on government property.
And what about the statute’s teeth? Violators would face a minimum fine of $1,000 for the first incident, and as much as $10,500 for any subsequent violations.
And what about government violations?
The measure, filed in January, would not only prohibit many state and local public buildings from barring lawful concealed carry, it would strip sovereign immunity from governmental bodies and officials who pursued such policies and allow them to be sued by gun owners for damages.
“...which state “handguns not permitted on zoo grounds.”
Texas law requires that a very specific sign (known as a 30.06 sign) be posted to notify CHL holders that concealed carry of a firearm is not permitted.
FWIW, the county tax office where I live has a sign up stating that “concealed carrying of a firearm is prohibited..”, but it’s not the required 30.06 sign, so it doesn’t apply to Texas CHL holders.
It’s my understanding that Texas law prohibits local governments from banning CHL holders from carrying on city or county property. If the zoo has posted 30.06 signs, then maybe that’s where the issue lies.