At the risk of sounding like the proverbial stuck record.....the Texas Constitution provides for the State's Legislature to regulate the wearing of arms, by law, with a view to prevent crime.
The Texas Constitution also provides the State Attorney General with discretionary latitude in the application and enforcement of State laws. It basically comes down to a political question therefore....WHAT constitutes "crime prevention".
Obviously ...the intent of the exception made for regulation of "the wearing of arms" while still declaring that... "Every citizen shall have the RIGHT to bear arms" in self defense...or the defense of the State...WAS...and still should be.... concern over CONCEALABLE arms that could be hidden within a person's clothing.... FOR CRIMINAL INTENT.
The Texas Attorney General possesses the constitutional authority in the APPLICATION ...and enforcement of statutes ..such as Section 46.02 of the Texas Penal Code which specifies "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly" as indicators of CRIMINAL INTENT.
For some reason past Texas AG's....have been hesitant to address this issue during the past 144 years.....even though such obvious discretion in the prosecution of State law has always been available.
Perhaps it is time to address this.