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Mike1951 wrote:

Employees would not qualify unless they were licensed security officers as specified in Subdivision (5).

Open carry in gun stores falls under the "we've always done it that way" clause.

I most humbly stand corrected.

I guess one can't trust everything they hear in their CHL class.

Perhaps gun stores could get some of the employees to go concealed to help sell concealment gear. They could play "Pick the clerk with the gun" type games to see who conceales the best.

Anyway, many apoplogies and thanks for setting me straight.

mr.72 wrote:So, let's say I am employed by a church. Can I get permission to intentionally fail to conceal while working at church?

If the one who is ultimately in charge says it's ok, then yes, I don't see why you can't. At my church, that would be the head pastor or business manager. They both have CHL's.

When I took my first CHL class, there was a church group there from one of the 5th ward churches in Houston. They were doing some amazing work in the area getting kids off drugs and busting up gangs. Of course, they were getting death threats and firebomb threats so they had the entire church staff there taking the class. From the head pastor down to the secretaries and volunteer groundskeepers, they were all taking the class.

I sincerely hope they are open carrying.

If you have permission from the owner of the business, you can carry any legal firearm however the owner sees fit. The gun store employees have control of the property as it were so they are allowed.

If your boss allowed you to carry openly in your office, then that too would be legal.

Once they step outside, it's cover up time......