Maybe a bit more info regarding daily carry:
-No open carry (there is an exception for travelers, but you don't really want to test it, and it is not really simple to explain)
-Keep it concealed, but in most places a little printing isn't even noticed, even by LE.
-The 30.06 sign mentioned previously is specific wording and size of lettering - other signs are meaningless, and are usually either put up by the ill-informed or by people who don't mind savvy carriers, but want to discourage those who don't really know the law. The sign outside a package store which sells beer or wine or liquor which says "The unlicensed carry..." does not apply to you.
- Carry into state and local government property and buildings can not be restricted except for certain places like court buildings, city council meetings, jails, and secured parts of airports. For instance, the unsecured portion of the terminal building of Love Field airport in Dallas has old trespass signs prohibiting guns, but they are not applicable to you since it is city-owned and you have a permit. Visit
http://texas3006.com to look up places for signs - it is not complete, but may help you figure out where to avoid.
-Carry into schools and at school functions, at sporting events, and into places like Six Flags is prohibited at all times, sign or no sign.
-Carry in 51% bars is prohibited without a sign, but it is a defense to prosecution if the bar didn't post the TABC sign or the license with the red 51% near the door. There is a website to verify whether the place is BLUE (carry-safe) or RED (no carry):
http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/PublicInquiry/Status.aspx
-Carry in a car is concealed only (aside from the travelers exception I mention above) and loaded in the glovebox or under a towel in the seat next to you is fine. Please do not unload or handle your gun unnecessarily (I was visiting a local PD dispatch office one night when they responded to a guy who left a restaurant and was going to put away his carry gun before going to the bar. He ended up shooting himself in the wrist as he tried to unload it.) It is always ok to carry in a car with a concealed handgun permit, even when the parking lot entrance is posted. Employers can have different rules for employees as a matter of employment policy.
-Hospitals and churches are OK for carry unless they are posted - most hospitals here are posted.
Again, the only two signs which have the force of law are the 30.06 sign, and the 51% notice (either the same 30.06 sign with a red "51%" on it, or the 8-1/2x11 TABC license with the 51%, since the sign is not what really makes it illegal.)
Hope that helps.
My advice is stay out of texas! I'm a truck driver and that is the worst damn place in the country!
Please feel free to stay away. That suits us just fine.
1) carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on property of another without effective consent; and(2) received notice that
