oldjackbob
Newbie
The Welcome Page says, "Texas is not a traditional open carry state. They also do not allow open carry, or even printing, by those who have a concealed carry permit", but that is not a correct statement.
The current Texas code defines a "concealed handgun" as "a handgun, the presence of which is not openly discernible to the ordinary observation of a reasonable person".
"Printing" caused by the wind against my shirt does not by any argument meet the definition of "openly discernible". If someone were to claim that they saw my handgun, I would respond by asking them what color it is (blue or silver or black or olive drab or desert tan), and what kind of grips does it have (plastic or wood or pearl), and whether it's a pistol or a revolver, etc., none of which they could answer because of course they didn't actually see even a glimpse of any gun at all.
Not at all meaning to be an agitator with my very first post, it's just that I've been a Texas CHL holder since 1998 and I know the plain and simple verbiage of the law by heart - it's my responsibility to know the law, and that verbiage has never changed.
If my gun prints on my shirt in the breeze it may give away the fact that I'm carrying something under my shirt, but no one can say they know what it is because they can't see what it is. I never worry about whether it's printing in the wind or not, because it doesn't matter one whit.
Carry on, and hello!
The current Texas code defines a "concealed handgun" as "a handgun, the presence of which is not openly discernible to the ordinary observation of a reasonable person".
"Printing" caused by the wind against my shirt does not by any argument meet the definition of "openly discernible". If someone were to claim that they saw my handgun, I would respond by asking them what color it is (blue or silver or black or olive drab or desert tan), and what kind of grips does it have (plastic or wood or pearl), and whether it's a pistol or a revolver, etc., none of which they could answer because of course they didn't actually see even a glimpse of any gun at all.
Not at all meaning to be an agitator with my very first post, it's just that I've been a Texas CHL holder since 1998 and I know the plain and simple verbiage of the law by heart - it's my responsibility to know the law, and that verbiage has never changed.
If my gun prints on my shirt in the breeze it may give away the fact that I'm carrying something under my shirt, but no one can say they know what it is because they can't see what it is. I never worry about whether it's printing in the wind or not, because it doesn't matter one whit.
Carry on, and hello!