Open Carry Gun Law

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Hello Family,

Yesterday I went to a training in regards to the new open carry gun law. It is a very disturbing and dangerous law. The law basically states that a license person may carry a gun openly in public. There are some exceptions to this law. The person must have the gun in a holster when carried on his body. The gun can only be carried on the waist line or shoulder. There are places in where you are not able to legally carry a gun regardless of being licensed. Some of these places are as follows:

• Courts
• School
• Churches
• passenger transportation vehicle of a school or educational institution
• Secured areas in Airport
• Racetrack
• Places where criminal are being executed

Although these areas are off limits to carrying openly or concealed guns, two signs must be posted are a verbal statement made telling everyone that this is a no gun zone. The two signs must be in English and Spanish. It must be one sign for concealed …show more content…

However, the property owner must notify the gun owner and give him time to get off the property. Notification can be a sign or verbal. It must be from the property owner. If it is a sign then there must be two signs in English and Spanish. It must be one sign for concealed handguns and another sign for open to carry handguns. Please see attached examples of signs. The signs must be at every entrance, per the Harris County Attorney’s office. If a person bring a gun on property then he could be charge with a class “C” misdemeanor. However, the owner can verbal tell someone that he not allowed to bring a gun on his property. He must give the gun owner and opportunity to get off the property with the gun. If the gun owner refuses to take the gun off the property then he could be charge with a class “A” misdemeanor. This can be up to a year in

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