Signage in 30.06 & 30.07 carry weight of law - TRESPASS is the offense!
30.06 (d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor
if it is shown on the trial of the offense that, after entering the property, the license holder was personally given the notice by oral communication described by Subsection (b) and subsequently failed to depart.
30.07 (d)...see above ^^^
GHEE...
If you walk past a 30.07 sign openly carrying a handgun, and a police officer sees you, he's going to act. That's not trespassing. Trespassing is going onto someone's property without their permission or being on someone's private property that is open to the public but then being asked to leave by the property owner and then failing to leave. Trespass carries a class B misdemeanor in Texas, and with a deadly weapon will be a class A. This 30.06 and 30.07 statute assigns lawful authority to the government where they have no right to meddle. If it's a "trespass" issue, then isn't the current law good enough? 30.06 and 30.07 are not trespass laws, they are laws that assign private property rights to the authority of the government. It's a discriminatory law aimed towards people exercising a right recognized by the state. "no trespassing" applies to everyone. 30.06 and 30.07 only apply to those lawfully carrying a weapon onto private property open to the public. If a person were to "trespass" while carrying a weapon, they'd be given a class A misdemeanor, but in the case of 30.06 and 30.07 they are given a class C misdemeanor. Unless of course it can be proven that they purposeful walked past properly posted signage, or disregarded oral communication to leave. Going further, from the link you provided, section (e) says: "It is an exception to the application of this section that the property on which the license holder carries a handgun is owned or leased by a governmental entity and is not a premises or other place on which the license holder is prohibited from carrying the handgun under Section
46.03 or
46.035." What's that mean? It means that the law can't be applied to citizens on public property, because the government doesn't have the authority to enforce this law there when it comes to constitutionally protected rights. I've always wondered why, if the government can't prohibit people from carrying on public property or certain government buildings, just like they can't prohibit the takin gof photos and videos, why can they prohibit people from entering private property? All a private property owner has to do is put up a sign that says "no guns", and when they see someone with a gun, ask them to leave. If they don't leave, call law enforcement and have them trespassed.
Am I right? Wrong? Way off?