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RPB wrote:

CBuchanan wrote:So from this thread I take it that I can leave my CCW in my locked truck in my college parking lot while I attend class? This is my first semester to have my CHL so I just want to make sure.

I always did; keep it concealed,

Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS.(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's control at any time in which:
(1) the handgun is in plain view;

Sec. 46.03. PLACES WEAPONS PROHIBITED.
(c) In this section:
(1) "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.035.

Sec. 46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER. (3) "Premises" means a building or a portion of a building. The term does not include any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area.

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A caution though:

Criminals will break into cars in college parking lots more than they will in WalMart parking lots because ... that's where guns are stored... whereas at Walmart people carry them inside.
If you want blueberries, you go to a blueberry farm, if you want corn, you go to a corn farm ... college parking lots are where people are forced to store guns.

Lockbox.