3/4" letters on a 30.06
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3/4" letters on a 30.06
Had to cash a check today at Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union (not my bank). They had to sheets of paper on the window with complaint 30.06 wording in english and one in spanish. However the biggest letter I can find was 3/4". This is not effective notice right?
Also - another question, do all the letters have to be > 1" to qualify, or just the caps starting the sentence?
I went ahead and disarmed as I was in a hurry and couldn't measure until I got home (got paper and marked the height of the undersize letter). They had an LEO inside...
Also - another question, do all the letters have to be > 1" to qualify, or just the caps starting the sentence?
I went ahead and disarmed as I was in a hurry and couldn't measure until I got home (got paper and marked the height of the undersize letter). They had an LEO inside...
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Re: 3/4" letters on a 30.06
Are you really measuring the lettering on 30.06 signs? :Dgigag04 wrote:Had to cash a check today at Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union (not my bank). They had to sheets of paper on the window with complaint 30.06 wording in english and one in spanish. However the biggest letter I can find was 3/4". This is not effective notice right?
Also - another question, do all the letters have to be > 1" to qualify, or just the caps starting the sentence?
I went ahead and disarmed as I was in a hurry and couldn't measure until I got home (got paper and marked the height of the undersize letter). They had an LEO inside...
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Block letters at least one inch in height.
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Re: 3/4" letters on a 30.06
I did on Community Credit Union's signs, and they are NOT compliant. The fun part was watching them watching me with my dial calipers.txinvestigator wrote:Are you really measuring the lettering on 30.06 signs? :Dgigag04 wrote:Had to cash a check today at Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union (not my bank). They had to sheets of paper on the window with complaint 30.06 wording in english and one in spanish. However the biggest letter I can find was 3/4". This is not effective notice right?
Also - another question, do all the letters have to be > 1" to qualify, or just the caps starting the sentence?
I went ahead and disarmed as I was in a hurry and couldn't measure until I got home (got paper and marked the height of the undersize letter). They had an LEO inside...
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Re: 3/4" letters on a 30.06
Yup - today since I was pressed for time it went something like this:txinvestigator wrote:Are you really measuring the lettering on 30.06 signs? :D
-drive up, see two signs similiar in length touching each other on large computer paper in a window by the door (glass front). Speculate its probably 30.06.
-get out (armed) go look. Speculate again how the piece of trash is too small, but dont have time to actually measure.
-go to car, sit down, disarm (thank you fobus paddle), and enter do my business. I'm pretty sure the LEO watched the whole ordeal.
-on the way out of the bank, I grab a piece of paper advertising something like a free account, and I fold it to the same size as the largest capital letter as the sign (no measuring tool).
-get home, meusure that trash to be 3/4".
I'll be honest, the stubborn "I'll show you" side of me really wants to go back, take out a ruler and have a buddy take a close up digital pic of the actual measured size, then walk in and see if the LEO gives me any crap.
Hypothesis --> Get arrested and have to prove it in court. I would walk, but too much stinking trouble. I'll never be in that credit union again.
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Re: 3/4" letters on a 30.06
Are they still running the 30.05 signs? The one on Beltline in Addison has the 30.05 sign.jimlongley wrote:I did on Community Credit Union's signs, and they are NOT compliant. The fun part was watching them watching me with my dial calipers.txinvestigator wrote:Are you really measuring the lettering on 30.06 signs? :Dgigag04 wrote:Had to cash a check today at Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union (not my bank). They had to sheets of paper on the window with complaint 30.06 wording in english and one in spanish. However the biggest letter I can find was 3/4". This is not effective notice right?
Also - another question, do all the letters have to be > 1" to qualify, or just the caps starting the sentence?
I went ahead and disarmed as I was in a hurry and couldn't measure until I got home (got paper and marked the height of the undersize letter). They had an LEO inside...
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No kidding. If they figure out they're not valid then they'll change them so that they are.
That said....I'm not 100% certain that you wouldn't be charged based solely on the height of the letters....especially if they were CLOSE to 1". I can't say that I'd risk it....although there is a reason that the state mandated 1" block letters.....so maybe I would.
If the cop saw you though, I have to wonder what he was thinking. I went to Grapevine Mills mall in Grapevine, TX one time and I was armed. As I was approaching the entrance I was scanning for a 30.06 sign and noticed a large sign off to the side with a cop standing right next to it. I approached the sign (and the officer), read it (it was 30.06), shook my head and then turned around and walked back to my truck and left. The officer never said anything but he HAD to know what was going on.
That said....I'm not 100% certain that you wouldn't be charged based solely on the height of the letters....especially if they were CLOSE to 1". I can't say that I'd risk it....although there is a reason that the state mandated 1" block letters.....so maybe I would.
If the cop saw you though, I have to wonder what he was thinking. I went to Grapevine Mills mall in Grapevine, TX one time and I was armed. As I was approaching the entrance I was scanning for a 30.06 sign and noticed a large sign off to the side with a cop standing right next to it. I approached the sign (and the officer), read it (it was 30.06), shook my head and then turned around and walked back to my truck and left. The officer never said anything but he HAD to know what was going on.
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So did you leave altogether or just find another entrance? :)Braden wrote:If the cop saw you though, I have to wonder what he was thinking. I went to Grapevine Mills mall in Grapevine, TX one time and I was armed. As I was approaching the entrance I was scanning for a 30.06 sign and noticed a large sign off to the side with a cop standing right next to it. I approached the sign (and the officer), read it (it was 30.06), shook my head and then turned around and walked back to my truck and left. The officer never said anything but he HAD to know what was going on.
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I would like to think it is common thinking and I try to hang out with only pro-gun types.
I will also say however, we had a Sgt ordered an officer to arrest an armed securtiy guard for UCW when he followed someone with warrants and tried to detain her while we were en route.
It seems more and more officers have this two tier society attitude. "I am much better trained and know the law better than any civilian." I think it is an ego thing. They will not shoot competitions because the civilians kick their ass.----What happened to the "no civilian can be as good as me" ??????
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I will also say however, we had a Sgt ordered an officer to arrest an armed securtiy guard for UCW when he followed someone with warrants and tried to detain her while we were en route.
It seems more and more officers have this two tier society attitude. "I am much better trained and know the law better than any civilian." I think it is an ego thing. They will not shoot competitions because the civilians kick their ass.----What happened to the "no civilian can be as good as me" ??????
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