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Those are great, thanks Comp73!

I am having trouble finding an attorney who is Pro-2A and who knows Daycare Law...any suggestions?

Okay, so when I write the reps, I will include Foster homes, good to know, thanks Bieruty.

I could still use more actual cases if anyone can find any, thanks.

Thanks so much! Wow, around here, it's about $75/week average for a toddler.

I believe that all depends on the judge you get when they drag you to court, but they will definitely revoke your license which to many in my area means losing everything. A woman near me keeps daycare and takes care of her dying husband, if she were revoked it would ruin her, daycare is her only income.

I believe that there is a similar law regarding foster homes as well. I may be wrong on that.

Beiruty wrote:in-home daycare is like any other business. The owner can carry with or without CHL, it is the owner home. As long as the cared-for kids have no access to the firearm, where is the problem?

I never heard of such law? In-home daycare are NOT K-12 schools.

I posted the law above, unfortunately, it is not like any other business and although it violates Castle Doctrine, it is law and as child care providers we have to abide by it, or risk closure or jail time for violation.

From the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Minimum Standards for Child-Care Homes:
§747.3505 Are firearms or other weapons allowed at my child-care home?
Subchapter S, Safety Practices
Division 1, Safety Precautions
September 2003
(a) Firearms, hunting knives, bows and arrows, or other weapons kept on the premises of a child-care home must remain in a locked cabinet inaccessible to children during all hours of operation, with the exception of law enforcement officials who are trained and certified to carry a firearm and ammunition.
(b) You must keep ammunition in a separate locked cabinet and inaccessible to children during all hours of operation.

I am researching for a blog post and my plea to our state reps regarding the violation of the rights of in-home childcare providers to be safely armed during business hours. Can anyone give me resources (newspaper articles, links, etc) on instances where a home invasion, armed parental confrontation, or any other situation where a child care provider had to physically defend themselves occurred while children were present or during regular hours of operation?

Here's what I have so far:
March 2008 – Tampa, FL
Anna Rivera was assaulted and knocked unconscious with 6 children under her care in her child care home around 10am. The assailant demanded money, stole her watch and rendered her unconscious for nearly half an hour. Children were found wandering outside by a construction worker.
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August 2005 – Tampa Bay, FL
63 year old child care provider knocked unconscious in front of the children she cared for after giving the assailant all of her money. Children were found wandering outside.
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May 2011 – Irvine, CA
The assailant broke into the home of an Irvine woman who was running a daycare business at the residence. They allege he entered through a garage door and pointed a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic firearm at the woman, who was sitting on a couch feeding a baby. He pressed the gun barrel into the woman's neck, prosecutors said, demanding money as she pleaded with him not to hurt the children. They say he forced her into a dining room, the baby still in her arms, where he stole $100 from her purse.
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