Do not know about other states but in Texas the answer is kind of yes and no. Here it is one of the places that are off limits to CHL holders however the hospital has to post the "official state mandated " sign at all exits. Just putting up a sign they says no guns allowed does not cut it. I have seen hospitals that have the proper sign but I know of one that I have been in a number of times that has signs that simply say no weapons allowed in hospital. So when I have to go in there I have my hand gun on me but out of site and out of mind so to speak.
It's very unfortunate that saving the entire ER ward from a mass shooting could quite possibly result in oneself ending up in jail. One day, someone carrying in a GFZ is going to end a high-profile VTech or Columbine incident, and people will see just how stupid the whole thing is.The problem is not getting a weapon into a hospital, it starts when U fear enough for your life, or the lives of others, that U pull, point and shoot a very dangerous person say charging at you with a scalpel in their hand. So you do drop the BG/patient. I would expect that you will still be charged for bringing a weapon into a medical treatment facility even if it helped stop a carnage. If it's a federal-run hospital you just lost out big time.
Are you referring to the 30.06 sign, which says:
"PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.06, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY HOLDER OF A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN) A PERSON LICENSED UNDER SUBCHAPTER H, CHAPTER 411, GOVERNMENT CODE (CONCEALED HANDGUN LAW), MAY NOT ENTER THIS PROPERTY WITH A CONCEALED HANDGUN."
"CONFORME A LA SECCIÓN 30.06 DEL CÔDIGO PENAL (TRASPASAR PORTANDO ARMAS DE FUEGO) PERSONAS CON LICENCIA BAJO DEL SUB-CAPITULO H, CAPITULO 411, CODIGO DE GOBIERNO (LEY DE PORTAR ARMAS), NO DEBEN ENTRAR A ESTA PROPIEDAD PORTANDO UN ARMA DE FUEGO."
Here in Indiana, no such prohibition exists under the law, and here in Northwest Indiana, hospital security is unarmed. The entrances are posted, but I ignore them.
Exactly. It has to be that sign both in English and Spanish, the proscribed size.
I've heard varying opinions on this, but is it true that if the letters are smaller than prescribed by law, then the sign is null and void?
According to what the state teaches the instructors to teach the CHL students yes.
Ok. How vigorously is the size requirement enforced? For example, if a place is posted with the 30.06 sign but the letters are negligibly smaller than prescribed by law, then historically, who have the courts sided with? Has it even been tested?
Wow if it says no guns just stick in in the glove box what's the big deal, you don't need your weapon every second of your life do you?
why fight it so much lots of states you can't even carry or have a gun in your possession, enjoy carrying when you can, which is most places
even some saloons and towns of western days didn't allow carry of any kind, you will make in to visit your sick relatives and back to the car to carry again
Wow if it says no guns just stick in in the glove box what's the big deal, you don't need your weapon every second of your life do you?
why fight it so much lots of states you can't even carry or have a gun in your possession, enjoy carrying when you can, which is most places
even some saloons and towns of western days didn't allow carry of any kind, you will make in to visit your sick relatives and back to the car to carry again
Wow if it says no guns just stick in in the glove box what's the big deal, you don't need your weapon every second of your life do you?
why fight it so much lots of states you can't even carry or have a gun in your possession, enjoy carrying when you can, which is most places
even some saloons and towns of western days didn't allow carry of any kind, you will make in to visit your sick relatives and back to the car to carry again
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