Buc-ee’s can feel like a safe haven for weary travelers with Beaver Nuggets, clean restrooms and a full tank of gas just minutes away, even if you can’t take a nap there. But how safe would you feel if you saw someone lugging a rifle across your local Buc-ee’s parking lot for a photo op?
The plethora of multicolored paper and metal warnings plastered across every entrance and gas pump at the New Braunfels site revealed something interesting — Texas’s favorite bucktoothed beaver bans a lot of things, but guns aren’t one of them. Turns out, there’s no clear policy prohibiting concealed or open carrying of rifles or firearms of any kind at Buc-ee’s.
Signs banning pets and smoking and threats of criminal liability for drinking alcohol on the premises adorn the front doors. Your four-legged friend isn’t allowed inside unless it’s trained as a service animal, but your long-barreled or handheld metal shooter is, it seems…