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Doc or anyone else who may have a friend who is a District Attorney, County Attorney, legislator, or anyone who can ask the AG's office for an opinion: this is what we need for several items. These are items which are unclear and/or are being interpretedly differently by different governmental agencies.
1) Can you carry pre-1899 handguns with no retrictions from Penal Code section 46?
2) Can government entities make an entire building off-limits when a court or court office is anywhere there (perhaps many floors away)?
3) Can meetings of government bodies post a 30.06 sign per 46.035 after their ability to post was circumscribed in the 30.06 statute?
4) Use of SSN is regulated by federal law. Several AG/courts have opined that the mandatory collection of it is NOT legal as related to licenses to carry, purchase, or own firearms. Thus, is Texas' requirement in the Family Codein conflictunder U.S.C 666? A good argument can be made that a CHL does not fall into any of the categories there.
5) Given that the Legislature's authority in the TX Constitution is to "regulate the wearing of arms" and the TX Supreme Courtlong ago determined this didn't extend to long guns, arerestrictions on mere possession (among other things)in Penal Code 46.03 "Prohibited Weapons" of machine guns, short-barreled rifles & shotguns, spud guns, etc. unconstitutional?
I've sent a paper letter (not email) to State Rep Joe Driver, Law Enforcement chairman asking that he ask for an AG's opinion. I encourage you to do the same as well as your State Representative and Senator. We need these items resolved so that CHL-holders and government bodies alike understand their obligations under law.
Thanks, SA-TX
Doc or anyone else who may have a friend who is a District Attorney, County Attorney, legislator, or anyone who can ask the AG's office for an opinion: this is what we need for several items. These are items which are unclear and/or are being interpretedly differently by different governmental agencies.
1) Can you carry pre-1899 handguns with no retrictions from Penal Code section 46?
2) Can government entities make an entire building off-limits when a court or court office is anywhere there (perhaps many floors away)?
3) Can meetings of government bodies post a 30.06 sign per 46.035 after their ability to post was circumscribed in the 30.06 statute?
4) Use of SSN is regulated by federal law. Several AG/courts have opined that the mandatory collection of it is NOT legal as related to licenses to carry, purchase, or own firearms. Thus, is Texas' requirement in the Family Codein conflictunder U.S.C 666? A good argument can be made that a CHL does not fall into any of the categories there.
5) Given that the Legislature's authority in the TX Constitution is to "regulate the wearing of arms" and the TX Supreme Courtlong ago determined this didn't extend to long guns, arerestrictions on mere possession (among other things)in Penal Code 46.03 "Prohibited Weapons" of machine guns, short-barreled rifles & shotguns, spud guns, etc. unconstitutional?
I've sent a paper letter (not email) to State Rep Joe Driver, Law Enforcement chairman asking that he ask for an AG's opinion. I encourage you to do the same as well as your State Representative and Senator. We need these items resolved so that CHL-holders and government bodies alike understand their obligations under law.
Thanks, SA-TX