Can You Still Display Loaded Rifles In Truck Windows In Texas?
It used to be pretty common to see gun racks in the rear windows of Texas pickup trucks. Is it still legal to do that in Texas?
It was, at one time, no big deal to have a rifle hanging in a gun rack in your pickup. In fact, you'd often see them in trucks, driven by students, parked in high school parking lots. The principal might even step out with them to admire their weapon(s). True story.
Texas does give Texans, and peeps from some other states, the right to carry concealed handguns and residents of Texas can carry openly without a license. Assuming they are legally able to own a gun in the first place, not engaged in illegal conduct and not within prohibited areas of course.
Can You Carry A Loaded Rifle Or Shotgun In A Vehicle In A Window Mounted Rifle Rack?
Texans, meeting the lawful requirements, can carry loaded weapons of any, legally obtainable, type in their vehicles as can any "legal" gun owner driving through the state. As for the visibility of a rifle rack displayed in the rear window of a pickup truck, no worries there.
Long guns (rifles/shotguns) DO NOT have to be concealed inside a vehicle and may be loaded and within reach. So, you may proudly display your rifle or shotgun in a gun-rack or just leave it on your seat. Obviously, a gun out in the open is likely to make police uneasy. - coferluster.com
It may, in fact, be the very reason you get stopped by the cops in the first place. Be careful and, anytime you , a gun and a cop interact, know what to do and how to do it.
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