Using my very best Chic-fil-A drive-through voice: "My Pleasure!"Paladin wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:59 pmVery interesting! Thanks!Vol Texan wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 11:47 pmNot if you are the Presiding Judge in a Texas election:Ruark wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 9:33 amThat's a good central rule. I remember bringing this up several years ago on here, when I was teaching some adult education classes in the evenings (e.g. 7 to 9 p.m.) using a local elementary school building. Even during the summer, when school was out, carrying was a no-no. Made me a little nervous, because it was at night and sometimes we were the ONLY people in the building, completely alone.Inside a school owned building is ALWAYS off limits.
I carry in the gym of our local elementary school / voting location while presiding on Election Day.
For the record, with EACH and EVERY election, I seek out and obtain written acknowledgement from the folks in the Harris County elections office that they recognize I can carry in the specific location where I'll be working.
Then (just to cover all my bases in case I catch the attention of some particulary observant HISD officer), I carry with me
- a printed copy of the AG opinion 212
- a printed copy of the SOS guidance, and
- a printed copy of the email from Harris County
- (along with my LTC card, Walther PDP in a Crossbreed Supertuck, and two spare 18-round mags
)