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aardwolf wrote:Frustrated with your Texas CHL? It sounds like you should be frustrated with your ride for not having any way to secure your gun.

I disagree with your statement. My frustration lies with the Texas CHL law. Fifty percent of my time I can't legally carry. So, I have a 50/50 chance I would have my weapon if I needed it. That being said, I'll probably just forget about carrying on a regular basis. I will though have it in a gun safe inside my automobile and just leave it there.

...and the other thing I talked about, how doe's one disarm while on a bike without being seen by the public?

Appreciate the comments all.

Frustrated with my Texas CHL

First let me say I use my Harley-Davidson motorcycle for basic transportation every day, 24/7.

I recently got my CHL, have had it for about a month, and I'm constantly frustrated with places that are off limits to concealed carry. Not only the places specificly listed in the law as prohibited but also with the 51% rule and the many commercial locations displaying the Section 30.06 sign.

I'm semi-retired, 66 yo, and I drive a public schoolbus. The schoolbus is a prohibited place so I can't drive the bus while carrying. That means I've got to disarm in the parking lot before reporting for work. There's no place on the bike where I can secure my weapon. I do have a day bag that I could "lock up" but it would be real simple for somebody to cut the locking straps. Another thing is that I can't hide from the public while disarming and stashing the gun; it would be for anybody else in the parking lot to see me doing such a thing.

Last Saturday, I was carrying and on the bike and I was attending an American Legion Riders meeting in a neutral place. After the meeting broke up, we were supposed to ride to a nearby AL post hall for some more discussion. The AL post is a 51% location. I'm thinking, as I'm riding with the group, where am I going to disarm and where am I going to secure the handgun. I rode to the post with the group and then told the others to go on inside and I'd join them soon as I had some things to attend to on the bike. After the parking lot later seemed to be only myself, I pulled the holster out and placed it in the day bag on the bike and "locked" it and then worried about it for the entire time I was there.

I'm thinking this lifestyle is far too complicated to try to carry concealed and I'm close to the point where I may not carry concealed anywhere. I don't understand why the law was written to limit carry in so many locations. It's only hurting the law-abiding who have passed the extensive background checks. This law won't stop the criminals from being armed in those prohibited places. To me, I just don't think CCW is worth the trouble.