Is there a legal way to carry while riding motorcycle.
With a CHL?
Does it have to be consealed on the bike and not your person?
I can easily stash it on my goldwing,
but what about when I ride my chopper?
I am a bit confused by what your are asking.
Now if you don't have a CHL, I am not sure if it is the same as carrying in a car.
The statute (TPC Section 46.02) simply uses the term "motor vehicle". I've had this discussion with several officers who believe this does not apply to motorcycles. How's that for clarity?
Texas Transportaion Code
541.201
(11) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle that is propelled by electric power from overhead trolley wires. The term does not include an electric bicycle or an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined by Section 551.201.
(23) "Vehicle" means a device that can be used to transport or draw persons or property on a highway. The term does not include:
(A) a device exclusively used on stationary rails or tracks; or
(B) manufactured housing as that term is defined by Chapter 1201, Occupations Code.
Texas Penal Code;
Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control.
Is there a legal way to carry while riding motorcycle.
Without a CHL?
Does it have to be consealed on the bike and not your person?
I can easily stash it on my goldwing,
but what about when I ride my chopper?
Being on a motorcycle is..scratch that, should be equivalent to being in a car. The gun has to stay on the bike and it must be in concealed.
This is an incorrect statement.
Should m/c's legally be the same as cars, you can carry your handgun on your person while you are operating the motor vehicle.
Nowhere in the law does it say anything about where the handgun is kept, so long as it's 'concealed'.
A person w/o a CHL can carry his/her pistol in a shoulder rig, under their hat/wig, in their boot, in their shirt pocket, etc, while they are entering or leaving their vehicle from their home and while they are operating it.
That sounds correct, but what about when you stop, and get off a motorcycle, when you are not at home? How do you not carry it on your person, and still keep it concealed, and also safe from theft?
That's where I'm puzzled.
What to do with it once you get to where your going? Or get off bike.?
That is not exactly the law. PC 46.15 does not allow you to carry "any place you have business with said firearm". Gun range, hunting are covered.Well, we have a law in Texas that says you can carry a firearm to any place where you have business with said firearm (like a gun shop or gun range or hunting, etc).
No, the law does not say if you are carrying within the owners wishes you can carry there. To be compliant with PC 46.02 the premises has to be your premise or one "under your control".Another law says that if you're the owner of a business, or a acting within the owners wishes, you can carry a gun at work (think pawn shop or gun shop, but they are the most obvious ones).
That's where I'm puzzled.
What to do with it once you get to where your going? Or get off bike.?
So, you can be arrested for carrying your pistol in to the gun shop for repair?That is not exactly the law. PC 46.15 does not allow you to carry "any place you have business with said firearm". Gun range, hunting are covered.
Yes, well sorry I mis-paraphrased it. Obviously if the owner wishes you to be "in control" of his premises, then you are.No, the law does not say if you are carrying within the owners wishes you can carry there. To be compliant with PC 46.02 the premises has to be your premise or one "under your control".
Let's take it this way.....show me the law that makes 46.02 non-applicable if you carry into a gun shop for repair. (sans CHL)So, you can be arrested for carrying your pistol in to the gun shop for repair?
Perhaps.Yes, well sorry I mis-paraphrased it. Obviously if the owner wishes you to be "in control" of his premises, then you are.
These seem to be a recurrent answers to a recurrent questions here on TGT, and I apologize for not looking up and quoting previous answers.