Post by: HankB on December 17, 2007, 05:58:04 AM
This originally came from Kevin O'Brian at The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer . . . it discusses recent events and the Supreme Court . . . I won't post the whole thing, but here's the concluding paragraph, which references SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy, widely seen as a "swing" justice:
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Either way, I hope that when Kennedy sits down to decide which way his vote will swing, he'll consider that when the shooting starts, an armed church is a safer place than a "gun-free" mall.
Post by: GeoJAP on December 17, 2007, 06:31:11 AM
I have never run across a business with a 30.06 sign. The city government has decided to make a horse's ass out of itself and post 30.06 signs, which are not legal. But the people of Austin are pretty libertarian overall and the business owners are downright hospitable to CHLs.
I have heard that Dallas and San Antonio have many 30.06 signs posted on many businesses, although I have not been there since I got my CHL this year.
Post by: Manedwolf on December 17, 2007, 06:34:40 AM
I'm pretty impressed with Austin's attitude towards the Second Amendment and CHLs, even if it is a left-wing hippie town. I'm from Texas and have lived here for 13 years.
One quote I've heard about Austin is that it's the only place you might see a dreadlocked white hippie in hemp clothing cleaning their SKS.
Post by: wooderson on December 17, 2007, 06:48:12 AM
Post by: HankB on December 17, 2007, 07:20:46 AM
. . . I have never run across a business with a 30.06 sign. . . .
They're around, but the places that have compliant PC30.06 signs are not generally open to the public - examples would be the offices and factories of Dell, 3M, etc.Some other businesses have non-compliant signs - either citing an obsolete law, or saying something like "Security Notice - Concealed Weapons are Prohibited" . . . but of course, these signs have no meaning.
The one place I've noticed that had a sign citing PC30.06 was Half-Price Books . . . and considering it was on a single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, it was nowhere near being a "compliant" sign.
Post by: Manedwolf on December 17, 2007, 07:25:21 AM
The one place I've noticed that had a sign citing PC30.06 was Half-Price Books . . . and considering it was on a single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, it was nowhere near being a "compliant" sign.
Perhaps you can only have a gun in a library or bookstore if it has a silencer?
Post by: Len Budney on December 17, 2007, 07:27:35 AM
The one place I've noticed that had a sign citing PC30.06 was Half-Price Books . . . and considering it was on a single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, it was nowhere near being a "compliant" sign.
Perhaps you can only have a gun in a library or bookstore if it has a silencer?
I'd love to see stores start carrying the same sign as the local pistol range: "All firearms must be cased, holstered or concealed." As I translated it for my dad when he was in town and I took him out shooting, "Please don't enter the store waving a gun."
--Len.
Post by: El Tejon on December 17, 2007, 10:38:35 AM
I did not start going to Austin until right before TR-Tejas closed but I saw exactly one '06 sign (which was, dig this, inside the store, not on the door) and it was in a liquor store (I was confused by this and thought it was a 51% sign so I waited outside and read the paper while my buddy went and got the beer--Fat Tire of course).
Post by: roo_ster on December 17, 2007, 05:02:27 PM