Texas police taking new open carry gun law in stride

It’s a prohibition that has lasted since the end of the Civil War, but it will finally come to an end on New Year’s Day: Texas will become the 45th state in the Union to allow the open carry of handguns.

“As a private property owner, Simon will continue to enforce its existing policy of not allowing possession of any weapon on its property whether concealed or displayed openly, other than licensed weapons carried by law enforcement personnel”. Despite its reputation as the trigger-happy heart of American gun culture, Texas is late to the open carry party, at least when it comes to handguns.

“The call-taker will say it’s now legal to do that”, said Michael, who said his department has been discussing preparations for open carry for months with police departments across Central Texas.

An H-E-B store in San Antonio warns customers against…

Whataburger did not immediately respond to whether or not it will have signage ready by the new year. Those that allow open carry will have to deal with losing customers who are unsettled by seeing holstered handguns, while those who ban open carry will lose many gun rights supporters.

Texas had almost 826,000 concealed license holders in 2014, which ranks among the nation’s highest.

Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by holder of license to carry a concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (concealed handgun law), may not enter this property with a concealed handgun.

“We’ve changed things here a lot and we’ve not thought this through”, said Charley Wilkison, executive director of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, the state’s largest law enforcement officers’ union.

The Organization recently launched a membership outreach program and found a distinct break down on the Open Carry issue. Business that want to ban all guns from the premisis have to post two signs.

Amid a spate of shootings across the country in 2015, including several at colleges, many states now are pushing legislation to allow concealed weapons to be carried on campuses so that students and faculty can defend themselves. “There’s no need to carry a gun here”, said Rodney Bennett.

“We’re primarily a family environment in terms of our restaurant”.

“A lot of people actually have asked me, ‘So, starting on January 1, I can just strap on a handgun and walk around without a license?'”, Parchman said. “The only difference now is that we have to post signage”.