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wow, what was the OP again

someone will come along and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can keep the gun in your car in school parking lot as long as you have a CHL issued by the state where the school is located (this avoids problems with Federal law; you're already covered by Texas law under MPA even if you didn't have CHL).

again, someone will come along and correct me if I"m wrong, but this is the way I understand it.

So we loaded the kids up in the minivan today late morning to go to the "splash park" one of those big concrete slabs with pressurized water spouts in the concrete that shoot up water and the kids run and splash and play and have a great time. Nice place within a city owned park, open free of charge to public (so of course PACKED withe people on a Saturday).

I'm standing just outside the fenced area taking photos of my kids (and trying to keep my camera dry) when my elbow rubs against my hip where I'm carrying my Crossbreed and Glock 27 and something doesn't feel right. So I check the area with my right hand and ... EMPTY HOLSTER!!!

I scurry back to the picnic area, no gun laying on the ground anywhere, back to minivan - no gun in parking lot or in van. Now I'm a bit frantic.

So I retrace my steps in my head. And then it hits me .... I remember my daughter and son (4 and 18 months) were playing hide and seek or something in mommy and daddy's bedroom while I was getting dressed. My safe is in my closet and while I was strapping on the Supertuck my daughter was in the closet with me, door closed, pleading with me to hide from the "monster" (her little brother). Then mommy was yelling "come on, let's go!" .... I LEFT THE GLOCK IN THE SAFE AND NEVER PUT IT IN THE HOLSTER IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!



Sure enough, just got home and there it was sitting in the safe where I left it last night.

I gotta tell you that was a VERY UNEASY feeling being at that public park with my wife and kids and some other friends and knowing I was NAKED under my cover garment. I had my Kershaw Blur knife, an empty Crossbreed, and even a full spare G23 mag with 13 rounds in my mag carrier on my left hip .... BUT NO GUN. I guess if the knife didn't work as a self-defense tool I could've thrown the full mag of .40-cal at a bad guy. Hit 'em in the forehead hard enough and it would leave a good welt. It's not like we live in an unsafe area, but there have been a few pervert/pedophile issues at that park and there are just a TON of people there on a Saturday. Perfect area for a snatch-n-grab crime. Needless to say I kept my eyes laser locked on my kids the entire time we were there.

Anyway, today's lesson: DON'T GET DISTRACTED WHILE GETTING DRESSED. And I'd prefer to forget to put on my pants than to forget to put on my gun.