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Adds minimum legal notification requirement of 30.06 signs: a gun buster pictogram with 1" tall block text that states, "Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code, Concealed Carry of Handguns Prohibited"
Adds minimum legal notification requirement of 30.07 signs: a gun buster pictogram with 1" tall block text that states, "Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code, Open Carry of Handguns Prohibited"
HB 1165 - Smaller 30.06/07 Signs
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Re: HB 1165 - Smaller 30.06/07 Signs
To clarify, this bill adds the pictogram and abridged text as an alternative to the current statutorily-required text, rather than as an additional requirement.
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Re: HB 1165 - Smaller 30.06/07 Signs
As a business owner, if you could choose between a small sign (that is much more likely to be missed by the general public) and a big sign (what we currently have) that had the same force of law to ban the concealed or open carry of handguns in your store which would you choose?yakadoo wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:24 am To clarify, this bill adds the pictogram and abridged text as an alternative to the current statutorily-required text, rather than as an additional requirement.
Same question from the perspective of the law-abiding person?
Frankly, I really like the big signs we have now because they tell me exactly where not to shop and make it much harder to unintentionally violate the law.
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Re: HB 1165 - Smaller 30.06/07 Signs
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Frankly, I really like the big signs we have now because they tell me exactly where not to shop and make it much harder to unintentionally violate the law.
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That's the exact reason the shop owner prefers the small signs. He/she wants your money and doesn't care if you get arrested.
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Frankly, I really like the big signs we have now because they tell me exactly where not to shop and make it much harder to unintentionally violate the law.
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That's the exact reason the shop owner prefers the small signs. He/she wants your money and doesn't care if you get arrested.
Re: HB 1165 - Smaller 30.06/07 Signs
They can put up a ghostbuster sign if they will remove the criminal offense for ignoring it. 

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Re: HB 1165 - Smaller 30.06/07 Signs
I was going to say....there is nothing preventing them from posting a gunbuster sign now. It just has no force of law. If someone is going to be able to legally prohibit me from entering a certain way, I want to be able to see from my vehicle so that I know to look for another business that offers the item/service I am searching for. So if they're going to reduce the size of the sign, we should remove the penalty for walking past the sign. It's only fair.carlson1 wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:52 pm They can put up a ghostbuster sign if they will remove the criminal offense for ignoring it.![]()
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Re: HB 1165 - Smaller 30.06/07 Signs
Flightmare wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:48 pmI was going to say....there is nothing preventing them from posting a gunbuster sign now. It just has no force of law. If someone is going to be able to legally prohibit me from entering a certain way, I want to be able to see from my vehicle so that I know to look for another business that offers the item/service I am searching for. So if they're going to reduce the size of the sign, we should remove the penalty for walking past the sign. It's only fair.carlson1 wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:52 pm They can put up a ghostbuster sign if they will remove the criminal offense for ignoring it.![]()

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