Texas Law Could Allow Concealed Carriers To Lock Up Their Guns In Their Car While On School Property

By G. Halek

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The school nurse just called. Your kid has a fever of 102ºF and needs to go to the doctor. If you’re like most concealed carriers, that means leaving work and high-tailing it over to the school. There’s a catch. That gun in your car? It can’t be there when you pull into the school’s parking lot so you can run inside and get your sick kid.

Thankfully, Texas legislators are now considering a law that would allow specifically licensed individuals to leave a gun locked in their car while they go inside.

via Austin American-Statesman News

“This idea came from a teacher in my district. He called and just said that he wasn’t able to carry in his car and that a lot of times he was at work late at night. When they go home late at night, they had no way to defend themselves,” Hefner told the committee.

House Bill 1692 was filed by state Rep. Cole Hefner, R-Mt. Pleasant. In its provisions, there is specific mention of allowing licensed individuals to keep a firearm in a locked car while it is parked in a public school parking lot.

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Source:: Concealed Nation