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Thread ID: 19856 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2005-08-28

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BlueBonnet [OP]

2005-08-28 06:51 | User Profile

[url="http://www.gunlaws.com/tgogup3.htm"]http://www.gunlaws.com/tgogup3.htm[/url] "Traveling" defined at last, almost, after more than 125 years HB 823 -- Amends Penal Code 2.05, 46.15

      Analysts at the NRA, along with the Texas State Rifle Association’s          Legislative Committee describe these two new amendments this way:

      “Texas H.B. 823 prevents the police from routinely arresting a law-abiding          person who is transporting a concealed pistol in his motor vehicle. This          is accomplished by clothing a law-abiding person with the presumption          of being a traveler. The traveler presumption may be rebutted by the state          by presenting proof beyond a reasonable doubt. In plain terms, a law-abiding          person should have no problem transporting his pistol in a motor vehicle          provided the pistol is concealed.”

      Texas Attorney Sean Healy has an eight-page paper
      attempting to describe the new situation, read it [url="http://www.gunlaws.com/Texas-healy-traveling.htm"]here[/url].

      NRA short version (6/05):
      “Legalizes the carrying of concealed handguns in private vehicles          without a CHL.”

Faust

2005-08-28 22:20 | User Profile

BlueBonnet,

Yes Guns laws are a big mess. Hopeful they have clearned things up some.

And on a somewhat related subject.

Problems with Concealed Carry Permits [url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17372&[/url]

BlueBonnet

2005-08-29 02:20 | User Profile

oops, if the moderators close this thread for me, I will put my comments in the other.