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ScubaSigGuy wrote: FWIW they kinda laughed at the notion that anyone would see the sign and think that CHL holders were not welcome. They said the wost thing is when someone stops at the door, reads the sign, unholsters their weapons and begins to unload it at the door. The sign is mostly to keep folks from walking in with a loaded pistol thier hand.

Go figure.

NcongruNt wrote: South Austin? Your thingy to the left there says Smithville! We should go shooting!

Maybe sometime. I do live in Smithville, but I work in Austin in one of the office parks off of Mopac. Unfortunately, it's not handy for me to shoot in Austin these days because my workplace has one of those stupid "no guns on company property" rules. This includes the parking area, and in the office park there is no other place to park EXCEPT on company property.

A couple of years ago we used to be off St. Elmo. Street parking was readily available,so I routinely kept my carry gun in my car and brought guns, ammo, etc. with me if I wanted to go to Red's.

But it's not worth risking my job on even the SLIM chance that the gun could make itself known - say if my car was broken into and I had to make a police report. So for now I don't bring anything into Austin on my daily commutes.

Call your state rep and tell them to push SB534 on to the House calendar. That's the "worker's protection bill" that will put an end to these stupid rules and restore our private property rights.

Once in a while I shoot IDPA at that place in the next county over (to the west). I'll send you a PM if you think you might want to try that.

This weekend, it's the state Indoor Championships up in Amarillo.

At Red's here in South Austin, I wasn't sure what was allowed so I asked if I anybody would freak or bother me if I reloaded in the parking lot. hey said that was OK, but that I could do it right on the range if I wanted to. As long as I was holstered and concealed when I left the range, and didn't do anything unsafe in the process, it was fine with them.

My advice would be to have a chat with the manager. Ask him exactly what their rules are, and if not favorable, if he would consider taking another look at them.

If done in a non-confrontational manner, you have nothing to lose.