{"id":1174,"date":"2015-11-30T23:53:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T04:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2015-11-30T23:54:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T04:54:45","slug":"a-sign-of-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1174","title":{"rendered":"A &#8220;Sign&#8221; of the Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/open-handguns-prohibited-texas-sign-k2-0012.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1175\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/open-handguns-prohibited-texas-sign-k2-0012-300x252.png\" alt=\"open-handguns-prohibited-texas-sign-k2-0012\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/open-handguns-prohibited-texas-sign-k2-0012-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/open-handguns-prohibited-texas-sign-k2-0012.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The open-carry law (Section 30.07, Penal Code) becomes a reality in the state of Texas, beginning January 1, 2016. \u00a0After that date, anyone with a licensed weapon will be able to carry it visibly in public. \u00a0Some locations such as schools, hospitals and sporting events are exempt from this law but any other locations wishing to conscientiously object must install a sign with the\u00a0following\u00a0details and size requirements:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Must appear in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Must be in both English and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Must be displayed in a \u201cconspicuous manner\u201d at the property\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Must say: \u201cPursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a handgun that is carried openly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is it any wonder that the current battle in Texas is not over the weapons themselves but over the signage required to keep them out of personal places of business and churches? \u00a0 Quite fitting that the penal code section number is, 30.06.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read more here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/state-politics\/20150621-no-open-carry-signs-are-likely-to-trigger-next-texas-gun-debate.ece\">&#8216;No open carry&#8217; signs are likely to trigger next Texas gun debate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The open-carry law (Section 30.07, Penal Code) becomes a reality in the state of Texas, beginning January 1, 2016. \u00a0After that date, anyone with a licensed weapon will be able to carry it visibly in public. \u00a0Some locations such as schools, hospitals and sporting events are exempt from this law but any other locations wishing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1174\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A &#8220;Sign&#8221; of the Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[476,471,474,478,475,477,472,473,13,479],"class_list":["post-1174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal-income-tax","tag-476","tag-30-06","tag-30-07","tag-guns","tag-january-1","tag-large-signs","tag-open-carry","tag-open-carry-signs","tag-texas","tag-texas-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1177,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}