Open Carry Texas in Office Building Complex

[Vincent1966]

I have a small business in a 5 story office building. I am in TX. To my surprise, I came to the building and saw the big glaring 30.07 signs, prohibiting Open Carry in the building.

I asked the building manager what was the big idea, he responded, "tenant demand". I am guessing one or two piddly a$$ tenants saw something on the news and ran with it. Heck, it could have been a big tenant, but one does not measure big by the number of employees, but buy the dollar amount of the lease one carries.

I've been open carrying in my place of business (small office w/in the building) for quite some time. If I leave the door open and you walk in, you probably will see whatever firearm I have at the time (handgun, shotgun, AR).

I guess my questions are:
1. Can the landlord get away with this? Are there any groups that can fight this?
2. Where do my rights begin/end? Should I not be open carrying/carrying at all in my office?

Another concern would be, since the Open Carry law came to TX, I've seen establishments put up both a 30.06 (no concealed carry) and a 30.07 (no open carry) even though they've never had a 30.06 sign up before.

Kinda mad about this. Seems like my rights were taken away some kind of way because of a small group of ignorant people.

Thanks,

MC

 

[fields]

Read your contract to see if they have the right to prevent carrying. If not, fire off a letter to have the signs taken down. Do not open carry in the public areas in your building. I also would not leave the door open for people in the public areas to see that you have a gun.

 

[Red Wind]

The new law has just begun. So the 30.07 signs will start to crop up. In a few years it will totally diminish.

Just hang in there and watch your 6 in the meantime.

Don't mess with Texas, as my older, USMC Corpus Cristi brother always told me!

 

[txblackout]

landlord owns the property and likely can do it. There is likely a provision that they can make changes for the safety of tenants. I own my own business and my landlord will be posting 30.07 for the building

 

[jaytex1969]

There have been anti "actvists" in Austin area calling around, "educating" businesses and urging the installation of the signage. I have had to stop getting my gas and morning coffee at a business that added the signs and I definitely made sure they knew why.

 

[HankB]

You'll need to check the terms of your lease and check what rights you have as a tenant under the law in YOUR jurisdiction. It may well be that the building owner can enforce PC30.07 restrictions in public areas, but NOT necessarily in the part of the building that YOU lease.

So . . . you may have to carry concealed when entering the building and traversing public areas, but you likely can resume open carry in your actual offices.

But you'll need to CHECK THE ACTUAL LAW. (If you have a small business, you have a lawyer, don't you? Ask him.)