In Texas we have License to Carry (conceal), Castle Doctrine carry, and now Constitutional Carry. Where you can carry, etc. varies with each law. Down at the Safari Club event in Dallas, a NRA Instructor who teaches at Cabelas' noted there are 14 places that under Constitutional Carry you may not carry. That is different for those us with License to Carry. Since there are so many people who are challenged that show up at the airport with a firearm, I though I would post this. Note the school reference, that includes going into a parking lot or parking in front of the school to pick up your kid.
With some exceptions, the following places are generally prohibited to a person carrying a handgun under the authority of Texas Constitutional Carry. Premises of:
With some exceptions, the following places are generally prohibited to a person carrying a handgun under the authority of Texas Constitutional Carry. Premises of:
- School or educational institution, a school or educational institution transportation vehicle, or grounds where a school-sponsored activity is taking place;
- Firearms cannot be carried in or on school premises unless it is done according to the school’s written regulation or with written authorization from the institution.
- With several notable exceptions, federal law generally prohibits the possession of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a public, parochial, or private school.
- Polling place, including during early voting;
- More specifically, the building or portion of a building of a polling place on election day or during early voting. This distinction accounts for the fact that various buildings and non-prohibited places are used for elections.
- Court or office utilized by a court;
- Racetrack where pari-mutuel wagering takes place: horse or dog racing;
- In this context, “pari-mutuel wagering” means the form of wagering on the outcome of horse racing or greyhound racing in which persons who wager purchase tickets of various denominations on an animal or animals and all wagers for each race are pooled and held by the racetrack association for distribution of the total amount, less the deductions authorized by this subtitle, to holders of tickets on the winning animals.
- The secure area of an airport (e., inside the metal detectors);
- Firearms cannot be carried past airport security, whether on your person or in a bag. Firearms must travel as checked luggage according to TSA guidelines.
- Within 1,000 feet of a location designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) as a place of execution on the day a death sentence is to be imposed;
- Bar (e., 51% location);
- A business is considered a “bar” in Texas if 51% or more of its income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.
- Professional sporting event;
- Correctional facility;
- Civil commitment facility;
- Hospital or nursing home;
- Mental hospital;
- Amusement park; and
- Room or rooms of an open meeting of a governmental entity.
