Local Texas Governments Defy Law to Protect Gun Bans

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-
In 2015, the Texas legislature passed a change in Texas statutes that prohibited government entities from posting signs to ban people who legally carried guns in areas where they are not banned by Texas law. From the Texas statute 411.209:

(a)  A state agency or a political subdivision of the state may not provide notice by a communication described by Section 30.06, Penal Code, or by any sign expressly referring to that law or to a concealed handgun license, that a license holder carrying a handgun under the authority of this subchapter is prohibited from entering or remaining on a premises or other place owned or leased by the governmental entity unless license holders are prohibited from carrying a handgun on the premises or other place by Section 46.03 or 46.035, Penal Code.

Exceptions to the law are listed in Section 46.03 or 46.035. Among the exceptions are courthouses.

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