The Seguin Gazette requires you to pay a fee or subscribe to see their articles, I doubt many here are that interested.
Some excerpts:
I have no idea what the policy was prior to this. Just going by the flow of this article, it appear that the city did use some 30.06 signs on various city buildings. I have had no occasion to go to any city office (I live in the unincorporated county) so I've never seen them, except at the Coliseum as noted below.“During the 2015 legislative session, a number of changes were made to the laws governing the carrying of firearms,” the city’s attorney, Andy Quittner, said in a memorandum.
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“In order to protect both employees and citizens utilizing city hall services, the city council finds that a no firearms policy shall be established,” the adopted policy said.
I recently saw the sign at the Coliseum, it was a 30.06 sign and it did indeed violate the law (also it was missing the Spanish language part). I didn't have time to stop and take a pic. Was planning to stop by there again, but looks like I don't have to.“Beginning Sept. 1, 2015, the Legislature made it an offense to prohibit, or even providing a notice that prohibits, someone who is licensed to carry a handgun from doing so unless state law actually prohibits carrying a firearm on premises,” Quittner said.
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He also said the sign currently outside of city hall and the coliseum will have to be replaced before adding how he had already received one complaint.
“We have actually already had a citizen come in last week to complain about the sign on the coliseum because according to him, it shouldn’t be there. He is probably right, but on that one, I am not 100 percent sure yet,” he said. “That’s part of the problem, and the reason there is because we sell alcohol there. You cannot carry a firearm into a place where alcohol is at least 51 percent of their sales.”
On the other hand, it sounds like the city attorney is confused as to what the law actually is concerning 30.06 and 51%. That 30.06 sign would be illegal regardless of any alcohol. Since he is advising on writing a firearms policy seems like he should be a little bit more informed. Maybe I should stop by his office and straighten him out. I'm sure he would appreciate it.
Also seems to me that any 51% sign would be the responsibility of whoever is renting the coliseum and obtained a license to serve alcohol, not the city. I can't find any indication that the city itself has any alcohol license, and nothing with that street address pops up on the TABC site.
Well they got that part right. Apparently putting teeth into the rules for bureaucrats makes the them smarter. I hope the Legislature heeds the lesson.As a notice to the public, the new policy states that a sign with text similar to “Notice: No firearms allowed on premises” will be posted at each door to city hall and at the entrance to the coliseum.
“It is to be understood that in accordance with Texas law this sign does not apply to persons licensed to carry handguns,” the policy said.
The city attorney also answered some questions about firearms and city council meetings; he basically told them they could put signs up for any meeting governed by the "Open Meetings Act." He recommended using easels to hold the signs.
Boo.“The policy does not change rules pertaining to employees (who, other than licensed peace officers, may not carry a firearm while working),” Quittner said.
I think most of them really did think they could ban guns however they wanted, and trusted that the city attorney would keep them out of hot water if they were wrong. I'll bet if you gave a pop quiz to city and county attorneys on Texas gun laws, especially the where-you-can/can't part, the results would be miserable.
Of course he didn't advertise it either.