TexasGal wrote:At least at some of them, you can carry a knife concealed. The county hospitals I have been to want even those left in the car. I took my son to JPS ER late one night in Fort Worth. I left my firearm in the truck, but didn't think about my EDC kershaw. We had to go through an inspection where the nice officer asked us about guns and knives. I sheepishly admitted I had the kershaw and then both myself and the officer raised eyebrows when my son produced three knives. It was a long walk back to the truck and I felt like a sitting duck coming back with nothing at all. That is not a good part of town.
Interesting.
I wonder if knife preemption laws ... will change that?
https://www.google.com/search?q=texas+k ... 8&oe=utf-8
The new state law prohibits a city or county from passing or enforcing knife ordinances more restrictive than state law, thereby eliminating the old patchwork of knife laws that acted as a legal minefield for anyone carrying a knife in the state. Residents and travelers in Texas can now be assured that a single knife law applies statewide.
http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?op ... iew&id=322
I wonder what that authority for a County Hospital to restrict "knives" in a government State/County building/hospital comes from?
I bet like the Zoo, it claims to be a childcare facility/educational institution?
If they have a Life-Flight helicopter maybe they claim to be the secured area of an airport? 
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Perhaps they were performing an execution or voting what to have for lunch/polling place there that day...
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/D ... /PE.46.htm
Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS. a handgun, illegal knife, or club
Sec. 46.01. DEFINITIONS.
(6)
"Illegal knife" means a:
(A) knife with a blade over five and one-half inches;
(B) hand instrument designed to cut or stab another by being thrown;
(C) dagger, including but not limited to a dirk, stiletto, and poniard;
(D) bowie knife;
(E) sword; or
(F) spear.
(7) "Knife" means any bladed hand instrument that is capable of inflicting serious bodily injury or death by cutting or stabbing a person with the instrument.
Sec. 46.03. PLACES WEAPONS PROHIBITED.
Text of subsection effective
until August 01, 2016
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a
firearm, illegal knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in Section 46.05(a):
Text of subsection effective on August 01, 2016
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm, illegal knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in Section 46.05(a):
(1) on the physical premises of a school or educational institution, any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or educational institution, whether the school or educational institution is public or private,
unless:
(A) pursuant to written regulations or written authorization of the institution; or
(B) the person possesses or goes with a concealed handgun that the person is licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
and no other weapon to which this section applies, (That seems to "apply" to only an "illegal knife" rather than all knives) on the premises of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education, on any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored by the institution is being conducted, or in a passenger transportation vehicle of the institution;
There's several "knife law" guys on this forum that might know.
I'm not a lawyer
I leave mine outside of Courthouse buildings, I usually don't notice any other places that prohibit "LEGAL" Knives.