ccjcc81
Member
I'm sure most of you have heard that in 2009 the Texas legislature passed the "Motorist Protection Act," HB1815, which allows any law abiding citizen to carry a concealed handgun in their vehicle without a Concealed Handgun License. I actually read the bill recently, and if I'm reading it correctly, it actually states that a person may carry a "handgun, illegal knife, or club." Here is the section that I'm referring to, which is at the very beginning of the bill:
SECTION 1. Section 46.02, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to
read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person [he]
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or
her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(1) on the person's own premises or premises under the
person's control; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle
that is owned by the person or under the person's control.
I've searched Google to see if there is any discussion or case law around this, but all I get is pages and pages of discussion about handguns; none about knives. Have you heard anything?
I'd love to be able to keep a survival or tactical blade in my and my wife's car bags, and based on my (admittedly inept) interpretation of the Motorist Protection Act, it is no longer illegal.
SECTION 1. Section 46.02, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to
read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person [he]
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or
her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(1) on the person's own premises or premises under the
person's control; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle
that is owned by the person or under the person's control.
I've searched Google to see if there is any discussion or case law around this, but all I get is pages and pages of discussion about handguns; none about knives. Have you heard anything?
I'd love to be able to keep a survival or tactical blade in my and my wife's car bags, and based on my (admittedly inept) interpretation of the Motorist Protection Act, it is no longer illegal.