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Noggin wrote:It may be an old cliché but that does not diminish it's basic truth "better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

I'm the same way. The only time I do not even carry my firearm in my vehicle is when I'm going to federally off-limits locations. The company I work for has contracts with some federal locations that prohibit firearms even on the grounds. Otherwise, it stays on me when I am legally permitted if I'm outside of my house (including checking the mail).

Mr_Houston_Guy wrote:

Liberty wrote:When I got my CHL I didn't think too much about carrying full time. At the time it was risky carrying into places like Harris County under the "Traveling Exemption", The CHL assured I could travel freely while armed without Harris County persecuting me. Later as I followed this forum, I figured out that full-time carry was a pretty good Idea. The thing is though, full time carry wasn't my intention when I initially went through the process.

I currently live in Houston and never heard of the "traveling exemption". Could you elaborate on it?

Prior to the passage of the Motorist Protection Act (H.B. 1815) in 2007, a person needed to be licensed in order to carry their self defense pistol with them in their vehicle (with some exceptions). H.B. 823 enacted in the 2005 modified TPC 46.15 ("Non-Applicability") to include the "traveller assumption"; a law enforcement officer who encounters a firearm in a vehicle was required to presume that the driver of that vehicle was "travelling" under a pre-existing provision of 46.15, and thus the Unlawful Carry statute did not apply, absent evidence that the person was engaged in criminal activity, a member of a gang, or prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_ ... ection_Act