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by Maxwell
Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:30 am
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: El Paso Walmart Shooting
Replies: 198
Views: 56230

Re: El Paso Walmart Shooting

twomillenium wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:53 pm
ScooterSissy wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:04 pm
imkopaka wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:26 am
RoadRunnerTR21 wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:37 am Is this Walmart in El Paso posted? I saw earlier where someone said the mall was but what about the Walmart?
I have never seen a Walmart post anything barring guns, however, to my knowledge ALL Walmarts in Texas sell beer and wine, and are therefore required by TABC to post blue signs. Said signs make it illegal to carry a rifle inside (or any other firearm that isn't carried under the authority of LTC). So, it was illegal for him to carry the gun he had into Walmart.
The TABC requirements are for one of two different signs. I believe Walmart falls under "establishments whose alcohol sales are 50% or less of total gross receipts. It warns that unlicensed possession of a concealed weapon is a felony."

Selling beer and wine does not disqualify LTC, unless they also post 30-60 & 30-07, unless the establishment is a 51%, making 51% or more of their sales in alcohol.
Read the whole paragraph before making such a statement. It is 51% of alcohol CONSUMED on premises.
Scooter,

Twomillenium makes a point but you are partially right, even if quoting the wrong law. The quoted 51% sign you mention is for on-premise consumption, such as a bar. The law that forbids carrying an unlicensed weapon anyplace that sells alcohol, such as a grocery store, convenience store, WalMart, liquor store, etc. is also a felony. However as LTC we are exempt to that law. We are NOT exempt to the 51% on-premise sign!

Max
by Maxwell
Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:54 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: El Paso Walmart Shooting
Replies: 198
Views: 56230

Re: El Paso Walmart Shooting

I had a coworker in CA ask me: Why didn't anyone fight back?

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