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Seburiel wrote:Off topic, but I am curious why they need access to your property if there is a wall between yours and hers?

There is a drain some empties on to my property, apparently it was backed up and flooding the house. I need to talk to her about that pipe because it shouldn't drain on my grass. It needs to drain into the sewer.

ricor wrote:Why are you leaving your gun in the car when you are at home? Also we were taught to deescalate a situation. IMHO

I would want nothing less than them to just leave without altercation. My kids give me enough stress -lol.

AV8R wrote:I usually don't think of hard-working tradesmen in the yard as being particularly threatening. I would see it as simply a reminder that it's time to water the lawn.

Someone else said that :-)

txinvestigator wrote:Just a thought. You had words with the guys and told them to leave. They said make me, so you went and got a gun.

That could easily be taken as threatening. What were you going to do with the gun? You can't use Deadly Force to prevent trespassing.

You handled this poorly.

Poorly or not, I still needed to get my gun out the car. I wouldn't shoot anyone just for being on my property, but it's their words and tone that were threatening. There was also a time when they wouldn't let me get back in my gate.

After I got it, I put it on my person so they couldn't see it. After that, I went inside and waited for the cops.

When they said "make us", I felt like there was potential for a problem. I am happy that nothing happened, very happy, but nothing worth betting my safety on.

I've written a letter to the neighbor giving them formal warning to stay off. A different AC guy came over today, but this time they asked for permission... which I granted.

I'm new here. Was referred to by a friend to ask my question about a recent incident.

Recently I had some trespassers on my property (AC guys for my neighbor) who never bothered to ask for permission to enter (my house has a wall and can only be entered via a single gate). I told these guys to get off the property and they said make us. They refused to leave so I called the cops. I should mention that the cops took well over an hour (Dallas). Anyways, I went back inside to get my wallet with my CHL and then to the car to get my handgun, which I then proceeded to conceal. At that time the guys did get off my property since they probably saw what I was getting.

When the cops came, one went to talk to the two guys, the other with me. Eventually I got a lecture by both cops that I did the wrong thing getting my gun (the two guys said they saw it while I was getting it out of the car). One cop even said he was going to write a report to DPS. Eventually the cops told the AC guys to get lost and told me to go inside. Nothing happened to anyone.

My question is this... is it legal for me to go to my car in my own driveway to get my gun when it can be seen by others?

Finally, what are some legal ways to get people off your property who refuse? This is the second time this has happened with the neighbor having people work on her house from my property. She never comes over, but they do.