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GlockenHammer wrote:Agree with others that you're okay as long as you don't go through a metal detector.

You mean "go through a metal detector or past a valid sign".

When traveling, I use the "family restroom" to unload when departing and load up when arriving. You can lock the door and have your luggage with you.

Good tip. Especially for re-loading as I make a point of insisting on the airlines providing me an "unloading room".

Showing the flag. Requiring everyone to stick to the rules if they are going to restrict our rights they don't get to increase that restriction SIMPLY by acting uncomfortable or surprised when we exercise them.

kitty wrote:You mean that when I took my teenage daughter to DFW Airport this morning to leave for Romania, I could have carried in there?

I wasn't sure, so I unarmed, then ended up going back to the pickup to put up the loaded magazine I forgot to take out of my purse. I should have trusted my first instinct. Oh well, now I know when I go back to pick her up, I'll be able to carry in there.

Probably -- did you see any signs? If not, you were good.

Used to be you could go through the checkpoint to see your daughter off at the gate, but they pretty much disallowed that anyway (except maybe for unaccompanied minors which probably wasn't and issue with a 'teenager' anyway.)

At JFK (not that you can carry there) they have at least one terminal where the FRONT DOOR is the security point so you cannot go to the ticket counter without being in the secure zone (unless they have changed it).

At Houston (Bush) Intercontinental you CAN get to the ticket counters but not through the obvious door from the parking garage -- you have to go down to baggage and come up through the elevator. (I haven't been there in a while either.)

The deal is that Houston was built JUST BEFORE the "hijjacking to Havana" craze and checkpoints to they set up the entry so you cross the concourse/corridor to get to ticketing -- no problem until they had to secure that while corridor.

NCC1701A wrote:I have tried to read through the CHL law book I got when I took my class and it is confusing in certian areas. So here is my question.
I have to go and pick up a relative at the airport this afternoon. I know I can't CHL past the security checkpoint. Can I leagally carry in the ticket counter/baggage/passenger pick-up area? Or is the entire airport offlimits? Where would I find this info in my 2005-2006 Texas CHL Laws Handbook?

Thanks in advance.

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The airport itself (in general) is NOT off limits, only the secure boarding area (and other access to the planes) is unless it is legally posted. (And the secure areas have big signs and armed guards so you can usually tell when you are approaching those.)

I have personally checked my carry by going to the ticket counter at many airports in several states and asking for an "unloading room" to allow me to place it in the locked box they require. In Austin, they are nice about it. In Seattle they are polite but were not thrilled by this.

But if you are PICKING UP relatives, chances are baggage claim, and especially the drive up for that, isn't even an potential issue.