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DynamicDan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:22 am What about lockers are they available.?

No lockers are available either at the bus stop or at work, which is why I was thinking about the small safe idea.

I appreciate the responses. I will have to think this over as it sounds like I am within my legal rights, but have to weigh the idea of work discovery. There are no postings at my job, and I highly doubt my personal effects would ever be searched. I guess if I really wanted to I could look for a better way to conceal, but it's not that easy with business attire. I appreciate all of the comments.

I am in the Austin area, so the bus line is Cap Metro. I was being intentionally vague, but I guess that's not much help. I also work for the state, which brings up something that kind of torques me off. We won the lawsuit where you can now carry in the capital building (not where I work), but yet as a state employee I can't conceal, yet my employer is the state, who issued my chl.

So I now have to drive into town for work. I have found that taking the bus is the easiest solution, Let me preface this with a couple of notes. First, the bus and my work both seem to prohibit weapons onsite although neither has the proper legal signage at any point of entry. I am a lawful chl holder in good standing. I was wondering if I was to purchase a small safe, a little larger than my gun and keep this in my backpack so that the weapon is locked up, would I or wouldn't I be in shape legally. Since I have to leave my car at the park and ride I am hesitant to just leave my weapon there where it would be sitting unattended all day long. I understand that my employer has a right to ban weapons and that I would be subject to termination if it was ever exposed or I needed to use it. But keeping it in a backpack in a closed safe, I would suspect that if anyone ever went through my pack I could refuse to open the safe and not divulge the contents. There are plenty of other reasons one might carry a small safe in their belongings. One of my other concerns with this is if I leave my office and even though it's locked up, the weapon is not on me, is that just asking for more legal issues? I feel like this situation where you have to park and take public transportation puts me at a disadvantage to being able to concealed carry my weapon as I am legally allowed. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.