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I was doing audio/visual installation on a school when it was being built in Dallas. It was not in the best neighborhood and we were frequently there after dark when most of the other contractors had gone. There'd usually be two to four of us in the building by ourselves. This was a construction site where there was frequently evidence of homeless people using it for shelter and more than once stolen cars were found behind it when contractors showed up in the morning. There were frequent breakins or signs of attempted break ins to contractors' equipment. One time someone had actually hotwired a backhoe and used it to pull the door off one of the contractors' job trailer. When you know that the only people who should be in the building are right there within sight, but there are no locks on doors, hearing noises down the hall is really spooky. I had a CHL, and even my employer, who officially discouraged carrying weapons, agreed that it might not be a bad idea to carry there.

But it was a school which was being built. I was well aware of the law concerning carrying in a school. So the question was, at what point does it legally become a school? I mean, when we first arrived on scene, it was just a muddy lot with a concrete foundation and some steel I-beams, obviously not a school. After a few discreet inquiries, the general opinion (from people who are not lawyers) seemed to be that it was not a school until the school district signed off on it and took posession of the building.

Not related to the original post, but just thought it was an interesting situation.