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Morgan wrote:Sorry, I should have been more clear... the mall parking lot, which isn't posted.

Yes, anyplace not posted 30.06 (except federal property or otherwise off-limits in the statutes) is good to go unless you receive verbal notification from a person in charge that you cannot carry there. If the post office is in the strip mall, then I would still leave it in a car as it is gray as to the legality of an official branch post office in a 'ship it shop'.

Morgan wrote:I just took the class yesterday and was told that parking lots cannot be excluded.

If you are in Texas, your instructor was incorrect. Federal property period is off-limits. And private parking lots CAN be posted 30.06 and it is valid. What you may be remembering is school parking lots are NOT excluded.

Private employers are another factor and company policy can dictate other prohibited zones for its employees.