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PUCKER wrote:Reading the original post - it could also be taken as "she was flirting with you..." I find that just smiling at someone tends to keep things going smoothly.
Not always. The two times that I've been called out were complete accidents and by people who didn't have LTCs.JagsfanNtexas wrote:If you get called out while CC, the chances are extremely high that the person calling you out is a fellow carrier. People that don't carry just don't notice those kinds of things even when it's blatantly obvious to people like us.
I can’t disagree with what you are saying. However, I guess I will never understand why Texans allow no gun signs to be enforceable when so many other states have decided that a business open to the public can’t just decide what the constitution means and doesn’t mean.TacShot wrote:As a group that promotes concealed carry, I think we might be making a mistake if we adopt a casual attitude toward printing. The passage of Open Carry increased the public awareness of encountering obviously armed individuals and this caused a flurry of 30.07 signs, all to often paired with 30.06 signs. The majority of businesses concerned about customer perception banned open carry and continued to allow concealed carry. I'm afraid that if we as a group relax our tactical and ethical standards for concealed carry, we will see an increase in 30.06 signs as businesses begin to hear complaints from their customers about visibly armed individuals. Let's not allow the anti-gun crowd to capitalize on shoddy discipline and an opportunity to create a public outcry.
I don't think it is fair to say that this group promotes "concealed carry". I think we promote legal carry in general, but don't specifically promote either concealed or open carry. Certain members of this forum advocate more strongly for one vs the other, but "as a group" I think we just promote carry.TacShot wrote:As a group that promotes concealed carry, I think we might be making a mistake if we adopt a casual attitude toward printing. The passage of Open Carry increased the public awareness of encountering obviously armed individuals and this caused a flurry of 30.07 signs, all to often paired with 30.06 signs. The majority of businesses concerned about customer perception banned open carry and continued to allow concealed carry. I'm afraid that if we as a group relax our tactical and ethical standards for concealed carry, we will see an increase in 30.06 signs as businesses begin to hear complaints from their customers about visibly armed individuals. Let's not allow the anti-gun crowd to capitalize on shoddy discipline and an opportunity to create a public outcry.
Soccerdad1995 wrote:I don't think it is fair to say that this group promotes "concealed carry". I think we promote legal carry in general, but don't specifically promote either concealed or open carry. Certain members of this forum advocate more strongly for one vs the other, but "as a group" I think we just promote carry.
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with Soccerdad1995. I feel that this forum promotes the legal carry of handguns. Personally, I choose to carry openly unless in a 30.07 location or in the sanctuary of my church during the worship service. 
Isn't there also something about "with intent to cause alarm..." in the latest statute?thetexan wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2016 9:40 am Anywhere you can carry concealed it is not unlawful for your gun's presence to be discernible underneath your clothes...as long as it is not physically visible.
You may even carry concealed and wear a shirt with lettering that has an arrow pointing down that says "gun, here".
This is because the only difference between a gun that legally concealed and one that is not is whether or not the gun is wholly or partially physically visible to a person in a public place, not whether it prints or not.
Do not fear printing. Printing does not have anything to do with the "concealedness" of your gun. Your gun is legally concealed if it is not intentionally wholly or partially PHYSICALLY displayed in plain view of another person in a public place. 46.035a
The only concern for discernibility during concealed carry is as it relates to stealth and how that fits into your carry philosophy.
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Can you be more specific? I'm not aware of any such restrictions on carrying a handgun. The closest I can find are the laws against hoax bombs, terroristic threats, etc.jar wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:44 pm Isn't there also something about "with intent to cause alarm..." in the latest statute?
apostate wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:11 pmCan you be more specific? I'm not aware of any such restrictions on carrying a handgun. The closest I can find are the laws against hoax bombs, terroristic threats, etc.jar wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:44 pm Isn't there also something about "with intent to cause alarm..." in the latest statute?
PC §42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:
(8) displays a firearm or other deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm;