TexasCHLforum.com

If a CHL holder, why not just show 'em both the DL and CHL and be done with it? :?:

You're absolutely right Greybeard. I have a habit of being pedantic about the law. I was somewhat unpopular in the police academy because of this and my interest and prior knowledge of civil rights.

Regardless ...

Kevin, my point is that you shouldn't have to show that you are licensed while traveling, or carrying under any other exemption under the law, like on private property, or target shooting/hunting.

So, the way I understand that is if I have an out of state permit, and left it out of state, and that state has reciprocity with Texas, I must inform and show the peace officer the license I don't posess even though I am traveling.

????

The duty to inform is on a license holder. A license holder ...

It was my understanding that HB823 (definition of traveling) was passed by the legislature, but was not signed yet by the governor and therefore not the law yet...

DFC, I apologize for saying you were hijacking the thread, I did not realize you were talking about the traveling exemption in your ...

No offense DFC, but it is considered impolite to hijack a thread by posting on a tangent.

Regardless, my thought is that perhaps you can circumvent the signs by transporting the firearm unloaded and not within reach, ie in the trunk.

The point being that you are not carrying under the authority of ...

Being that a first offense for failure to notify is a non arrestable, administrative suspension only. (and I argue all failure to notify violations are non arrestable, unless the officer has knowledge that you were previously suspended).

Could one risk not informing the officer, and only be in ...

Since HB 823 defines traveling as:

(1) in a private motor vehicle
(2) not otherwise engaged in criminal activity
(3) not prohibited by law from posession
(4) not a member of a criminal street gang
(5) not carrying a handgun in plain view

Does it remove the established case law that would not have ...