City Owned Property & Signs
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 7:52 pm
Been on the forum for a long time, had a CHL for 12 years plus so I'm pretty familiar with the laws and discussions on forum on similar topics--- this hopefully isn't perceived as a repeat of many other threads. Trying to ask a different question about ability of a City to prevent lawful carry at a non-prohibited event and some legislative help for License holders in such situations.
I was at the Alamodome yesterday for a Band Competition. 30.07/30.06 signs, bag searches, metal detectors. Of course it's a High School interscholastic event, so it's obviously an off limits situation. Redundant/non-applicable signage and all -- not the issue. Just offering the detail because they sure seemed serious about communicating the no-firearms thing. I'm betting those signs are there regardless of what's going on at the Alamodome. I've seen a similar situation at the Cedar Park Center (now HEB Center -- but I think it's still City owned).
There was another sign though that I've never seen. It was above the door on the way in, and said something like "firearms are prohibited in city buildings unless specifically licensed" (or something similar to that). I mention that because I kind of thought maybe that was an admission that the City may realize they can't actually lawfully exclude carry strictly because the City says so....
My question/comment is around lawful carry at non-prohibited events. I'm not the kind of guy to cause a scene or argue with a security vendor. So I'm wondering if there might be some emphasis with the legislature at some point dealing with public property carry at non-prohibited events so there is an incentive to ensure the renta-security-vendors are educated on the laws pertaining to License holders.
I was at the Alamodome yesterday for a Band Competition. 30.07/30.06 signs, bag searches, metal detectors. Of course it's a High School interscholastic event, so it's obviously an off limits situation. Redundant/non-applicable signage and all -- not the issue. Just offering the detail because they sure seemed serious about communicating the no-firearms thing. I'm betting those signs are there regardless of what's going on at the Alamodome. I've seen a similar situation at the Cedar Park Center (now HEB Center -- but I think it's still City owned).
There was another sign though that I've never seen. It was above the door on the way in, and said something like "firearms are prohibited in city buildings unless specifically licensed" (or something similar to that). I mention that because I kind of thought maybe that was an admission that the City may realize they can't actually lawfully exclude carry strictly because the City says so....
My question/comment is around lawful carry at non-prohibited events. I'm not the kind of guy to cause a scene or argue with a security vendor. So I'm wondering if there might be some emphasis with the legislature at some point dealing with public property carry at non-prohibited events so there is an incentive to ensure the renta-security-vendors are educated on the laws pertaining to License holders.