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by txinvestigator
Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:06 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Failure to conceal
Replies: 8
Views: 1207

stevie_d_64 wrote:hehehe, beat Txi again!

No, your fine, like it was said, you've made a reasonable effort...

I'm not going to be sweating in a breeze...
You wish :biggrinjester:
by txinvestigator
Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:58 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Failure to conceal
Replies: 8
Views: 1207

The law does not say anything about reasonable effort.


Texas Penal Code
§46.035. Unlawful carrying of handgun by license holder.

(a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder
carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the
authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and
intentionally fails to conceal the handgun.


Texas Penal Code
§6.03. Definitions of culpable mental states.

(a) A person acts intentionally, or with intent, with respect
to the nature of his conduct or to a result of his conduct when it is
his conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause
the result.



Texas Government Code
§411.171. Definitions.

In this subchapter:


(3) "Concealed handgun" means a handgun, the presence of
which is not openly discernible to the ordinary observation of a
reasonable person.

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