Three recent examples of why we carry in restaurants.

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111. I gave you the actual statute, and you're still complaining about my source?

This is where you're still wrong: "Further, if the child is in an unauthorized location, and has gone looking for them, then he is most certainly doing so illegally. Like it or not, those are the facts."

It is NOT "illegal" for a child to be in an "unauthorized" part of your house, as long as that child entered your home legally. If you don't want a child to go into a certain area, that area should be locked. (If the child broke the lock, you're most likely off the hook.) And it is up to you to make sure your guns are secured in a way that a child in your house couldn't get access to them.

Also, you clearly haven't anticipated another situation. If a child got hold of one of your guns, that child could end up shooting another person. That person or his parents would have grounds for a civil suit against you -- the person who left his weapon unsecured -- and you would also be facing criminal charges under Texas law.