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The State of Texas is cool with my armed peregrinations just about everywhere I go and no bad things happen as a result. On that basis, I'd say it's arguable that "no mayhem" plus "Texas says I can" equals "no problem."

I'll omit mentioning the basic human rights guaranteed in the Constitution say I can, too, because I've watched MSNBC and CNN. Only kooks think the Constitution means anything. (Unfortunately, I seem to be a kook....)

There is also some personal high ground I'd like to claim regarding intent not to commit crimes, but that's the same high ground everyone here stands on, too.

Come September (or January, I forget which), the State of Texas will slap its own wrist for improperly blocking my armed access to public buildings.

All of which gives me evidence I'm not a threat - but if I see I'm not welcome on private property, I'm not going to impose myself where I'm not wanted. I don't view a noncompliant sign as much of a roadblock, though. It is not too much to ask for a business to conform to State law.

But the thing that remains a curiosity to me is how few people those signs address. In my limited experience, a business owner puts up the sign believing he's made a far-reaching stand for public safety without considering it only affects CHL holders and there really aren't that many of us, and all of us don't carry all the time, anyway. Almost everybody was already blocked from entering with handguns.