The story is wrong. TABC’s proposed rule would, with an exception for government owned facilities, cost alcoholic beverage permit holders thier license if a gun show is held on the premises. Period. Doesn’t matter if you are not selling alcohol during the gun show, and in fact have it all under lock and key during they gun show. The rule is designed to force every privately owned venue in the state to chose between hosting gun shows, and holding alcoholic beverage permit. It could not do both (I’m classifying an event that requires weapons to be disabled AT ALL TIMES and NO AMMO as not being a gun show — it certainly is not by Texas standards). The proposed rule is a naked attempt to shut down gun shows..
Yes, it is, and am surprised more Texans don’t know it.
This is something Abbott will fix asap.