Real Texans can't use ankle holsters.
Real Texans can't reach their ankles
Real Texans can't use ankle holsters.
Real Texans can't reach their ankles
Real Texans can't reach their ankles
Real Texans can't reach their ankles
A magnetic "holster" is legal as long as the pistol is not "in plain view". Perhaps this image isn't quite right, though the pistol would largely be obscured by the driver's legs and probably not in plain view. A bit more creativity with the location would probably conceal the pistol entirely, which of course would meet the requirement.Not legal in Texas.
It's legal as long as it's not in plain view. Perhaps this image isn't quite right, but the pistol would largely be obscured by the driver's legs and probably not in plain view. A bit more creativity with the location would probably conceal the pistol entirely.
Texas Penal Code Sec. 46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER. (a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and intentionally displays the handgun in plain view of another person in a public place. It is an exception to the application of this subsection that the handgun was partially or wholly visible but was carried in a shoulder or belt holster by the license holder.
Sorry, but that easily qualifies as being in "plain view," and even more so when the driver is out of the vehicle.Texas Penal Code Sec. 46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER. (a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and intentionally displays the handgun in plain view of another person in a public place. It is an exception to the application of this subsection that the handgun was partially or wholly visible but was carried in a shoulder or belt holster by the license holder.
Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS.
...
(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's control at any time in which:
(1) the handgun is in plain view, unless the person is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and the handgun is carried in a shoulder or belt holster;
If I'm reading it right, wouldn't that mean that 46.02 applies if the firearm is not in a holster or concealed?(b) Section 46.02 does not apply to a person who:
...
(6) is carrying:
(A) a license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, to carry a handgun; and
(B) a handgun:
(i) in a concealed manner; or
(ii) in a shoulder or belt holster;
I guess I am reading "intentionally displays" as brandishing. I am not an attorney, though. What qualifies as "intentionally displays" in a vehicle? Throwing a pistol on the dash while driving?46.02 does not apply to LTC holders. 46.15 (b), the law that allows LTC to carry. It says that Penal Code 46.02 DOES NOT APPLY to a person who posses an LTC......
We don't have a brandishing law, per se. 46.035 is the law about type, locations and conditions of carry for LTC holders
I guess I am reading "intentionally displays" as brandishing. I am not an attorney, though. What qualifies as "intentionally displays" in a vehicle? Throwing a pistol on the dash while driving?