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Keith B wrote:

GOP wrote:

chabouk wrote:

boomerang wrote:

GOP wrote:Now imagine if that was your vehicle and your gun?

It would have been completely avoidable by not making me disarm.

I'm sure this will be a talking point in the 2011 Legislative session.

I agree. I won't go into a bar, period. But, I do have to go into hospitals and nursing homes, and therefore I must disarm.

Only if they are posted with a 30.06, otherwise you can legally carry there.

PC §46.035.

UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER.

(a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and intentionally fails to conceal the handgun.

(b) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, on or about the license holder's person:

(1) on the premises of a business that has a permit or license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic Beverage Code, if the business derives 51 percent or more of its income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, as determined by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code;

(2) on the premises where a high school, collegiate, or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking place, unless the license holder is a participant in the event and a handgun is used in the event;

(3) on the premises of a correctional facility;

(4) on the premises of a hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing home licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless the license holder has written authorization of the hospital or nursing home administration, as appropriate;

(5) in an amusement park; or

(6) on the premises of a church, synagogue, or other established place of religious worship.

I've never seen a hospital or nursing home that did not have a posted sign disallowing a handgun.

chabouk wrote:

boomerang wrote:

GOP wrote:Now imagine if that was your vehicle and your gun?

It would have been completely avoidable by not making me disarm.

I'm sure this will be a talking point in the 2011 Legislative session.

I agree. I won't go into a bar, period. But, I do have to go into hospitals and nursing homes, and therefore I must disarm.

A few years ago outside a restaurant (in Victoria, Texas) that was showing a 51% sign (more restaurant then bar, but that's a different story) a man broke into several vehicles. In one of them he found a loaded gun, in the glove box, and proceeded to fire it randomly. He was arrested and no one got hurt. Now imagine if that was your vehicle and your gun?

Never leave a gun unlocked, and a lockable glove box does not count, and unattended.

The cheapest way is to use a masterlock type padlock and run it through the trigger guard behind the trigger. Don't trust those mass produced Wal-Mart trigger locks, I think there was one key made for them all. This won't keep it from being stolen, but it'll keep the thief from shooting you.

Better yet, install a safe.

If you can't, or won't, carry all the time make sure it is completely safe when not in your control.

I work in the healthcare field and can not carry while at work. I keep mine locked in a safe that has been bolted to the floor frame. A few pushes of the button and it is ready to be placed back in my waistband when I go out for lunch or make a stop on my way home.

I use a Don Hume clip style holster, easy on, easy off. During weekends, or when I can carry all day, I use a MTAC.