Open carry generally has the same privileges and restrictions as concealed with some additional "no, no's." You can't open carry if you're on a college campus or if you're private security and not wearing a uniform. Private property owners have the right to prohibit open carry by posting a sign.
District Attorney Nico LaHood says law enforcement can stop you to ask for your LTC if you're open carrying, "If an officer politely asks you I don't care if you videotape it. Do whatever you want that you feel you need to be protected. Just, 'Yes, sir. Thank you very much, and have a blessed day,' and move on," LaHood told the open carry seminar at STW Krav Maga.
Open Carry Texas disagrees that police have legal authority to stop you only to ask for your license to carry, but they don't recommend disobeying the request unless you have a heap of money to pay for the legal battle.
There probably won't be any need to worry about that in San Antonio, though. Police Chief William McManus said San Antonio officers won't stop you just for openly carrying a gun but he said officers do have the right to ask for your weapon if they stop you and feel unsafe.
"Officers need to be able to protect themselves. So if they feel the need to remove that weapon from the individual, then they're going to do that," McManus said.
McManus also said dispatchers are trained to respond to 911 callers phoning in about someone open carrying a gun by asking a series of questions to determine why that person might be carrying a gun.
In many states a CHL (concealed handgun license) isn't needed to open carry.
It does seem strange to require a CHL to OC.
Then, it seems strange to me to require a CHL.
Ironically, *THE* place to get guns, accessories, ammo, instruction, etc in this area is Superior Pawn. Take a guess what signs are posted all over their entrances and in the stores? "NO LOADED WEAPONS ARE ALLOWED" (with various wordings and additional info). Now see if that makes much sense! Are they required by their insurance carrier or something? I have no idea. I have been meaning to ask a manager
My GF used to own a pawn shop.
They say this in order to keep idiots from bringing in loaded guns to pawn, and waiving them around.
Not so much for licensed concealed carry people.
They get lots of guns for pawn. They don't want people handing them loaded weapons.
You mean like this??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsecTFkxWwk
That is an epic failure that someone supposedly trained in weapons wouldn't verify it was unloaded, and someone supposedly trained in weapons (a police officer!!!) wouldn't also verify it was unloaded. It also required a THIRD epic failure of someone storing it in the case loaded, too. Three failures had to occur. Wow.
Blame them both, but the cop actually cycled the weapon and loaded a round in the chamber.
He EXPECTED it to not be loaded and lost a finger in the meantime. Lucky that nobody off to his left wasn't hit.
I don't really blame the cop. [...]
habit habit habit habit. Did I mention habit?