[William Tell]

Marcella said: "...kept it in the holster and just told them it was a replica which they could not have known since it was not shown to them."

Unless the cops have a reason to suspect that the gun is other than the person carrying it states, what authority do the police have to question the person?

Here in the People's Republik of Kalifornia, the state claimed the authority to outlaw bearing of LOADED firearms and permitted the cops to seize any persons firearm to determine whether it was loaded or not.

This is less of an issue now that UNLOADED bearing of arms has been outlawed.

I'm embarrassed for Texas to think that Arizona has overtaken them in gun rights and there isn't outrage on the part of Texans that this is so.

[Marcella]

It is illegal to open carry a handgun in Texas. If a Texan has a concealed carry permit, a concealed handgun may be carried. A person carrying a visible handgun will be stopped whether it is loaded or not as the law doesn’t distinguish between loaded and unloaded. Until new law is written, it is illegal to open carry a handgun.