[TXnMA]

Texas, for example, is a "shall issue" concealed carry state -- but the CCL statutes require that weapons carried in public must be concealed. In theory, it is a violation of law if your "concealed" weapon "prints thru" your covering clothes -- or if those clothes "ride up", thus, inadvertently exposing your weapon.

There are bills in the works in the Texas Legislature to remedy that absurdity -- IOW, to allow open carry in public.

Out here in the boonies, I carry openly -- with a couple of "snake" (shot) loads "up top". In urban environments, I consider concealment to be both tactically and socially superior. But I hate having to be paranoid about preserving concealment just because of a stupid law!

[Clump]

Well just remember that it is only illegal here in Texas if you INTENTIONALLY fail to conceal the handgun under Penal Code section 46.035 (a). As a prosecutor I can tell you that I have yet to see a case where we have charged a single person for this offense in my county.

If the wind blows your shirt up or you reach up to the top shelf on the grocery isle and the clerk sees your gun, you are NOT in violation of the law. The State has an extremely high burden of proof by having to prove the mental state of INTENTIONAL, so don't be too freaked out.

A change in the law to just say "license to carry handgun" would be nice though. I would at least like the option.