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chasfm11 wrote:Another aspect of this is regarding the wanders. The ones that I faced in Lewisville were the same - paid private security.

As soon as you let them wand you or you tell them you have a CHL, you have now set up to walk down the path toward verbal notice. The wander that wanted to wand me clearly had no lack of intestinal fortitude and could easily have told me that he had the authority to deny access to CHLs, whether he had that authority or not or whether he could have that authority on city property. Then I would be faced with a he said/she said. For me, that is a much more slippery slope than not telling them or letting them wand me. My concern with just walking in and letting them wand me, discover a beep and then lift my shirt to determine its source is that it could go south. It one thing for LEOs to come to me when I'm being uncooperative with the wanding process and another for them to respond to a MWAG call.

I made an in-person call to the Lewisville PD the day after my problem at the event. I asked to speak with an officer who could answer questions about the event and met a Lt. with a great attitude. He is very CHL friendly and I've seen him at other events since. Perhaps an in person call to the Addison PD would determine if they follow the same thinking pattern or not. I'd rather see them get a warning over the signs rather than a citation.