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jbarn wrote:Again, many courthouses prohibit camera phones.

I've worked on various classified projects on DoD contracts over the years that had prohibitions on cameras being carried into the secure area. This also included camera phones. Even a few years ago, it was getting rather difficult to be able to find a phone that did not have a camera in it. These days, it's probably even more difficult. I've never had a need for camera phones though. If it is worth taking a picture of it, I'll break out the DSLR.

tbrown wrote:What law says they have to allow pocket knives? There's no state preemption for blades in Texas AFAIK.

That's not how the law works. If something is not listed as being illegal, it defaults to be legal. Now, the problem is that the legislators have created so many unnecessary laws throughout history that sometimes you need to create a law that allows something because some idiot previously mistakenly created a law that prohibited something. For example, in some states, Open Carry is legal because there is no legislation that prohibits it. Unfortunately, some laws are vague enough that law enforcement will use them for situations where they were not originally intended.