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texaseyes wrote:Anygun, I'll make this as simple as I can.
If you had a 13 year old daughter traveling alone in the mix who was fully expecting you to be there when she got off an airplane into a situation she had never been in before, would you have taken the chance of being late or not there at all due to getting into a "right fight" with some dip wad with a little power? As a LEO friend of mine reminded me, "You can beat the wrap but you can't beat the ride!"

Texaseyes, there are multiple issues here that need to be addressed.

I never would urge you to do anything to place your daughter or other family member in jeopardy. I fully agree that since you had to go to the gate to pick up your daughter, you could not carry. I never urged you to try.

I travel 46 weeks a year, am elite on Delta, Northwest, and Continental, and have been through most airports in the lower 48, Canada, and Mexico. I am fairly certain I would not have directed you to try to carry where you would risk arrest, and if I did, please show me. Myself and Texasinvestigator have pointed out to you where you can legally carry in airports with no risk of arrest or prosecution because you are breaking no law.

texaseyes wrote:I previously stated my reason for my decision in this situation. My whole concept for carrying is to protect those on my watch and myself! To get into a superfluous hassle would have been counter productive to that end.
Sorry we don't agree on this or understand each other however your opinion on this matter is totally immaterial as I would do the same thing if confronted with the same set of circumstances. Thanks for your input.

In a previous post I agreed we were not understanding each other, but I hardly think my opinions are immaterial. If so, so are yours.

texaseyes wrote:I am going to pick my daughter up at Bush Intercontinental outside of Houston. What are the rules at Airport Security. I will not be boarding the plane, just going to the waiting area for her to get off.
Will I encounter any problems? Is there a security check point before I get to the waiting area for Continental?

This is your original post. You asked if you could carry to the "waiting area", not the secured area. I answered your initial question, and so did others.

I agree - you should carry to protect yourself and your family. I never told you not to. You are the one who stated you would opt not to carry in a non-secure area of an airport.

texaseyes wrote:I'll make this as simple as I can.

Secure area of an airport = no carry.

Non-secure area of an airport = carry.

This is what I said. Please tell me where we do not agree.

Anygun

I will never understand why people call and ask if they can carry somewhere.

That ranks right up there with people telling posted places their attempt at 30.06 are not compliant.

Of course you will speak to some lamebrained individual who is programmed into telling you some line of garbage.

What do you expect? It was either the City of Houston, HPD, Homeland security, or some other idiot who does not care about your right or ability to defend yourself!

Carry concealed where legal and keep your inquiries to yourself.

"Hey airport police people! Here I am! Can I carry my gun???

Anygun

Tom wrote: Kind Regards from a very wet NW Kerr County,

Tom

So, the Edwards Aquifer is being recharged, is it?

Anygun, Saddlewood lot owner, Kerrville resident in the future.

texaseyes wrote:The possible trouble I might have is covered here. Yes, I was planning on going to meet her at the boarding area and surely will have to pass security. Even if I let my wife go to meet her and stay behind the security check going directly to the baggage pickup, I still don't know if the Terminal "E" is 30.06 posted or not. If so, it is a long trip back to the parking area.
The easy fix to this ordeal is to back Gov. Perry and get his new measure put into law that we can carry anywhere rather than having to take a lawyer with us everywhere we go!

Well, why didn't you say so in the first place?

None of the terminals are posted 30.06 compliant. There are signs on the entrances that have the 30.06 wording, but the letters are about 1/8-1/4 inch high. The airports are owned by the City of Houston Airport Authority - government, so even if the signs were compliant they would not apply to CHL.

If you must go into the secure area, by all means, leave it in the vehicle.

No one here would ever offer advice to carry where you can not legally do so, well most of us anyway. I pack wherever and whenever I can, including airports. I picked up friends at IAH recently at several terminals. I met them at the exits of the secured area. No problem. Pack away!

You can already legally carry in the airports. What Gov. Perry wants to do has no bearing on this since the airport is not off limits and governments can not keep you from doing so unless more legislation is passed.

Please forgive me for not understanding the issue, since there is really not much need in "lawyers" in this instance. This is pretty much a non-issue as far as CHL is concerned unless you are really over cautious, in which case you find it necessary to obey all non-compliant 30.06 signs. Just because the airports may not like CHL you are well within the law to carry there. No gray area - black and white.

Anygun

Dougmyers5 wrote:Leave it in your truck and stay out of possible trouble its not worth it just for the 15 to 30 minutes of security.

All airports wish you would not carry in the terminals unless traveling and then you have to follow the rules for that. Hard case and locked away.

You're kidding, right?

What trouble is it? Carrying in the non-security screened areas is no different from packing at church or at the grocery store.

Airport common areas are one of the places you need to carry.

You don't watch the news or keep up with current events much do you?

You don't spend much time traveling either.

Anygun