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It’s easy to sit in a class and listen to this is what you do here and this is what you do there, but when it comes down to really cracking the nuts it’s a different situation. I’ve been in that situation two times and luckily each time I didn’t have to pull the trigger. Afterwards it gets y...

seamusTX, you live in Galveston and maybe the gang intensity is not as great there but when you say: an armed citizen who defends himself is viewed as a really bad dude to steer clear of. I don't think that holds true for gangs. They like to get bad dudes and will go out of their way to accomplish t...

Kyle - I have no fear of death. I do have a fear of playing pick up the soap in some bull pen. Just because you shoot someone and you have a CHL doesn't mean that the cops let you go. There may be an extended period until they are satisfied that your action was justified and legal. frankie_the_yanke...

I have been carrying for over 3 years in the Southwest portion of Houston. I never go out of my house without being armed. This area is ripe with gang members, pimps, and prostitutes. Only yesterday I was accosted by two young black men in a street near my home. One of them yelled "come here&qu...

SB 1709 Disarming of CHL holder within Secure Area of Police or Sheriff Department’s Office Provides that a peace officer may temporarily disarm a license holder when a license holder enters a nonpublic, secure portion of a law enforcement facility, and that the weapon shall be stored in a secure ...

KB Craig writes: There is nothing that prohibits them from posting the sign. The sign doesn't stop a CHL from carrying there, but it's not illegal for them to post it. I'm sorry, I doubted your answer and checked with my instructor from years ago. He says that Gov. Perry signed an Executive Order se...

Twice now I have had to visit the Gulfton Storefront (HPD station) and they have had a 30.06 sign in the window. I wait outside and talk to them through the doorway and tell them I am armed and they always say to come on in. I mentioned to one of the officers that the sign was not legal and she said...