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There is no "brandishing law" in Texas.

There is a part of the CHL code which makes it illegal to "intentionally fail to conceal" your firearm. UNintentional failure to conceal is not illegal. but if you have to use your gun, then you must necessarily un-conceal it. I'm not going to take the time to quote you chapter and verse, but generally, it goes like this: If you thought you were legally justified in drawing to gun to use it in self-defense, and the other party suddenly discovers urgent business elsewhere, you're good to go—CAVEAT to follow. If you would not have been justified to use the gun, then you weren't justified in drawing it either.

CAVEAT: You can't draw the gun "as a warning." You have to reasonably believe that either you, or a third party whom you are defending, are being or are about to be assaulted by the BG. You can't draw a gun on someone who is giving you lip and tell him to move on or you'll bust a cap in his hindparts. IMPORTANT: If you DO have to draw your gun, even if you don't fire it, as soon as you can call 911 and tell them that someone threatened you and that you had to draw your weapon to protect yourself, no shots were fired, and the attacker left when he saw your gun. First person to make that phone call is the good guy, so you better be first.

Crossfire wrote:A Class B Misdemeanor makes you ineligible for 5 years from the date of conviction. So, from what you have said here, the earliest you can be eligible for a CHL is June, 2016.

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As far as the lease goes, unless it specifically forbids you to possess a firearm, MPA would allow you to carry a firearm between your dwelling and your car, and between your car and place of business, and I'm pretty sure you can carry inside your business. You just have to leave the gun in the car if you exit the vehicle at any other place than your office and your home. The gun must be concealed from plain view, and the maxpedition bag is just fine from that perspective. However, check out the Wilderness Safepacker for carrying inside the car........much faster access to your firearm inside your car, and between your home and car, and your car and office: http://www.thewilderness.com/index.php? ... t=171&pg=1.

Not going to beat up on you about the pot thing. Nobody wants me for president because I discovered pot in the mid 1960s, and didn't put it down until the late 1980s. Just try to stay clean and sober for the next 5 years, and you'll be good to go. Promise me one thing though.....if you do get high, leave the gun at home. Guns and drugs are no better a combination than guns and alcohol.

As far as keeping a round chambered, there is no reason not to. You have a Glock and a PPS—two guns that are perfectly safe designs. If you have to use two hands to bring your gun into action because you had to stop and rack the slide, you're already a dead man. Thousands and thousands of cops and CHLers carry loaded guns, round chambered (and cocked and locked if it's a 1911), every day of the week and experience nary a problem. Pay attention to the safety rules and you'll be fine.