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Old January 18, 2010, 09:28 PM   #9
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Asked to comply....

If there was any legal penalties that they had the power to enforce, then it would read "required to comply".

If this is the policy of the venue owner, or the show promoter, then your choice is voluntarily comply, or avoid the show. But if you avoid the show...
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apparently trying to limit or eliminate gun shows in Austin.
, then aren't they getting what they want, anyway?

As a private gun owner, the laws basically only cover what you may not do. Therefore, unless specifically prohibited, it must be allowed. The problem comes when enforcement authorities don't see things that way.

You may be completely, legally in the right, but to prove it, you are going to wind up in court, with all the attendant hassles.

AND, while you may be vindicated, you can still be found guilty of "contempt of cop". In many places, failing to obey the commands of a police officer (even if it later proven he had no legal authority to issue them) can be a crime.
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