So what CHL laws were passed?

GrillKing · Post by **GrillKing** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:38 pm

My goof, you said non-owner... duh....

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:18 pm

GrillKing wrote:
Tom wrote: After reading the bill several times I have concluded that a non-owner passenger CANNOT have a
concealed handgun on their person, without a CHL of course.
Am I reading this correctly?

Unless they own the car.

Or travelling?

ac-mech · Post by **ac-mech** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:04 pm

So now you can have a handgun in your vehicle concealed and don't need
a chl, so you can go to work,park at the company parking lot (30.06 sign at the entrance of the parking lot).and go home after your shift and have no legal consequenses...But if you have a chl you can't do that...
So correct me if i'm wrong.....

GSchretter · Post by **GSchretter** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:20 pm

GrillKing wrote:
Tom wrote: After reading the bill several times I have concluded that a non-owner passenger CANNOT have a
concealed handgun on their person, without a CHL of course.
Am I reading this correctly?

Unless they own the car.

Now that is a good point.

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:28 pm

ac-mech wrote:So now you can have a handgun in your vehicle concealed and don't need a chl, so you can go to work,park at the company parking lot (30.06 sign at the entrance of the parking lot).and go home after your shift and have no legal consequenses...But if you have a chl you can't do that...
So correct me if i'm wrong.....

It looks that way to me. 30.06 applies only to carrying under the authority of a CHL.

A non-CHL-holder would be in the same situation as a person carrying a long gun, which is not a crime in Texas if you are otherwise in a place lawfully.

The big HOWEVER is, if they catch you, and if they call the cops, the cops might not see it that way.

The DPS report of offenses by CHL holders shows a dozen or so convictions under 30.06 of non-CHL-holders. That has never been explained.

- Jim

LedJedi · Post by **LedJedi** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:20 pm

Question related to the new traveling law.

When I took my CHL class I dont think the new traveling law had gone into effect yet so this may be a moot question but it did come up.

The instructor (former LEO) said that it was legal to carry while traveling, BUT that one or more of the local departments had an internal policy to pick folks up and take them to the pokey and let them explain the situation to the magistrate.

I take it this no longer applies?

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:21 pm

LedJedi wrote:The instructor (former LEO) said that it was legal to carry while traveling, BUT that one or more of the local departments had an internal policy to pick folks up and take them to the pokey and let them explain the situation to the magistrate.

I take it this no longer applies?

That has been the case since 2005 and will continue until Sept. 1, when the new law goes into effect.

- Jim