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Liberty wrote:Maybe not a real court but a justice of the peace or municple court or otherwise known as kangaroo court. Especially without a lawyer. Could cost more than $200 even if you win.
Isn't there the fine plus court fees, pluss some kind of victim fund?

I think that most folks facing a potential class C misdemeanor charge would not hire a lawyer. Not sure why you would have to pay court costs if you lose. I know that I have lost similar types of cases (in traffic court), and have not had to pay any court costs. I'm assuming you are joking about the "victim fund".

TexasJohnBoy wrote:Go Google Image Search for "firearms prohibited sign"

There's no reason that any of those would NOT be notice to unlicensed carriers, except proper 30.06 and 30.07 signs of course. Those only apply to permit holders (unless interpreted otherwise by a court if HB1911 passes).

I won't be a test case. I'll keep my license, thank you very much.

If you have a license, then a gun buster sign will not impact your ability to legally carry in a location.

To the OP, assuming you do not have an LTC, then it depends entirely on what a prosecutor, judge, and jury decide. Guess wrong, and you could be facing a potential $200 fine. Here are the things that would have to happen for that outcome to occur:

1. A store employee notices that you are carrying a weapon.

2. The store employee decides that the best course of action would be to call the police as opposed to talking to you. Note that they will be calling the cops for a lot of legally carrying LTC holders if they go this route.

3. You are there when the cops arrive (maybe this is a restaurant instead of a store)?

4. The responding officer decides to issue you a citation instead of a warning.

5. The prosecutor decides that it is worthwhile to pursue a Class C misdemeanor in court.

6. A jury agrees that a reasonable person would understand that the sign in question bans the type of weapon you were carrying, and that it is positioned such that it is "likely to come to the attention of an intruder".

If every one of these things happens, you are out $200 and a couple hours in court. If any of them does not happen you are out $0.