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Guys,

What do you suppose would happen if immediate medical care were needed for a CHL in a "no no" place like a school or government building? I'm guessing that the CHL would be out of the building before anyone worried about checking pockets, but is a hospital obligated to report weapons that they find on patients to LE? Thoughts?

Embalmo

if you were carrying and you fired shots it's likely someone will identify you to the police. you'll probably end up losing your liscense even if you are hailed as a hero.

lowonair wrote:if you were carrying and you fired shots it's likely someone will identify you to the police. you'll probably end up losing your liscense even if you are hailed as a hero.

I thinking more like a heart attack, or fainting at a school or a govenrment building and needing to be ambulanced away to a hospital. And when it comes to "no no" carry, I'm not as interested in carrying inside "no no" places as I am being able to carry to and from my car.

Embalmo

lowonair wrote:if you were carrying and you fired shots it's likely someone will identify you to the police. you'll probably end up losing your liscense even if you are hailed as a hero.

And I'm sure that everyone here would agree that saving just 1 life, even if it's your own is worth losing your CHL forever.

Embalmo

Embalmo wrote:but is a hospital obligated to report weapons that they find on patients to LE? Thoughts?

So what if they did?

Personally, I'd rather the hospital have law enforcement (or a family member) secure my sidearm, rather than leave it laying about. YMMV.

I think this has been touched on in one of the Post Office threads.
You're in the Post Office and no one knows because concealed means concealed. You have a heart attack and they find your weapon on you, or you try to assist the elderly person who tripped and fell and your weapon is somehow exposed.

I think if you were the hero and stopped the BG from shooting the place up, the fact that you were carrying when you shouldn't have been would be overlooked . . . but that depends on the LEOs, the DA, et cetera.
( I don't have the law at my fingertips, but isn't there something codified in Texas law to that effect that if you commit a little crime to prevent a bigger crime, then the little one didn't happen?)

jester wrote:

Embalmo wrote:but is a hospital obligated to report weapons that they find on patients to LE? Thoughts?

So what if they did?

Personally, I'd rather the hospital have law enforcement (or a family member) secure my sidearm, rather than leave it laying about. YMMV.

I don't want them to be told about one that was inside a federal building, or university.

Well, since my wife and I are almost always together, there is a high probability that we would be together if such an event as a medical emergency were to ever happen to me. She has a CHL, and she has a purse. I am assuming that when the weapon were discovered, hospital security would be notified, and unless there were cops in the room, hospital security officers would probably assume control of the gun. My wife already knows to make sure that my weapon is recovered and turned over to her. And if I am at all conscious before being transported to the hospital, I will make sure that the transfer to her possession occurs before they take me away.

Ditto if anything happens to her, but nothing will. She is my soulmate, and she does not have my permission to die before I do.

BTW, I'm waxing romantic because today is our 22nd anniversary.

Happy anniversary, TAM! May there be many more!

The Annoyed Man wrote:Ditto if anything happens to her, but nothing will. She is my soulmate, and she does not have my permission to die before I do.

BTW, I'm waxing romantic because today is our 22nd anniversary.

Congratulations. My bride and I tied the knot 27 years ago today.

We took a guy in a bad motorcycle accident to the hospital and he was packing we saw the license when we were getting ID. It was given to his wife at the hospital by SOMEONE . Ten min later sad to say he died. CHLs have to look out for each other ya know.

At the risk of over simplifying things: don't carry in prohibited places if you're not willing to risk the ride.

Crosssfire wrote:Happy anniversary, TAM! May there be many more!

Thanks Crossfire. I'll let The Annoyed Woman know you said so.

LarryH wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:Ditto if anything happens to her, but nothing will. She is my soulmate, and she does not have my permission to die before I do.

BTW, I'm waxing romantic because today is our 22nd anniversary.

Congratulations. My bride and I tied the knot 27 years ago today.

Was she your little Viking bride? Congratulations to the two of you as well. Long happy marriages are the good stuff, aren't they?

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Crosssfire wrote:Happy anniversary, TAM! May there be many more!

Thanks Crossfire. I'll let The Annoyed Woman know you said so.

LarryH wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:Ditto if anything happens to her, but nothing will. She is my soulmate, and she does not have my permission to die before I do.

BTW, I'm waxing romantic because today is our 22nd anniversary.

Congratulations. My bride and I tied the knot 27 years ago today.

Was she your little Viking bride? Congratulations to the two of you as well. Long happy marriages are the good stuff, aren't they?

My bride was Texas born-and-raised, with ancestry from Germany, Ireland, England, Scotland and perhaps a dash of Cherokee.

Thanks. I don't deserve her (and I tell her that frequently).