TexasCHLforum.com

Congrats on joining the club of the few who are permitted to carry at work. My employee handbook is very vague on its weapons policy, so I just asked my manager who I heard carries, and he told me, "don's ask, don't tell." So I ask no more and I tell nothing. I work in the Woodlands, aka t...

I vowed to get a CHL five and a half years ago, when my mom was visiting the wife and I in Denton. She had gone out to gas her car up at the Exxon right outside of UNT on 35E, when two early 20s males sent a young woman off to try to sell my mom "perfume," which she quickly identified was ...

If I'm at work, since I'm lucky and allowed to carry on the job, I go pocket carry Ruger LCP, but if I'm off and around town, I pack a Taurus 709 Slim in my own homemade IWB leather holster with a white Hanes T under an un-tucked camp shirt, fishing shirt or polo. I still wear khakis in the summer, ...

In reference to the Glock inquiry, being an occasional Glock carrier and Glock clone carrier, I would NEVER hang my Glock or Taurus 709 slim on a hook by the trigger guard. I would be afraid that an AD would be an all together too real possibility. If I'm carrying IWB, I (A.) flip my gun down into t...

Both my wife and I carry. She is very supportive of it and is glad that I do. She also assumes I'm carrying at all times, as I even routinely carry around the house and have firearms dispersed throughout the home, which with the addition of our little one is going to have to cease soon. I knew she w...

If it makes you feel better, I've been carrying for about 8 months now, and I still get nervous about printing when I go IWB at 4:00 with the Taurus 709 Slim, which is a VERY thin gun, much like a Khar. I work at a local hardware store and carry my Ruger LCP every day at work in the front pocket, an...

Since a lot of us are fessing up, I'll tell a dumb story. I "know this guy" who last summer, was being tailgated by a "gentleman" while on his commute for no reason other than the fact that he was going the speed limit on some back roads and the tailgater didn't want to. So when ...

"I'm still trying to figure out how an illegal left turn is worth $200." Yes, this seems like QUITE an outrageous price for an illegal left turn, but that's how much the attorney I spoke with said it would run for the ticket itself if convicted. Kinda weird when running a red light only ru...

I took defensive driving about 6 months ago, so I'm kinda outta luck in terms of doing that route. The attorney is 70 bucks, the ticket is about 200, and the courts fees if I lose and end up with deferment is 200 bucks. If anybody can advise me on a similar experience on representing yourself when c...

I totally agree with you there about that I should have presented it immediately. I was flustered and confused at the moment, as well as rushed by our friendly LEO, though that should be no excuse. Only thing was, I keep the CHL a few cards back in my ID/License/Credit card stack, as per my CHL inst...

This is mainly a rant, but I wanted to see how many of your have felt as though an LEO was more inclined to give you a ticket upon finding out about your CHL. I was driving downtown Houston with my wife, down Westheimer, right were it turns into Elgin, and I made a left turn onto Brazos. Next thing ...

That doesn't surprise me one bit, living in Tomball/Magnolia for the last 13 years. I've been there three times and have never left happy, nor purchased a vehicle from them and never will. My parents purchased a car from them about five years ago, and it too was unpleasant. I don't want to get naile...

Thanks for the feedback. I figured it was all good, but I was just curious. I don't currently carry at work anyway, but when I go in off the clock, that's a different story. I just wanted to make sure I was clear. I'm thinking of getting calf/ankle rig for the LCP so I can never be alone. Even the p...

Ok, this may be a tricky one, but I haven't found a straight answer yet. Where I work, there is a post office franchise inside of the store. We are not a post office, but we accept packages in a part of the store, where there is a post office window, and once a day, the postal carrier comes by, just...

If it makes you feel better, I'm 5,9 and can carry a j frame snubby smith airweight in the front pocket of my khakis with NO problem. An uncle Mikes size 3 pocket holster is PERFECT, and nobody seems to notice. I know I print if I squat, but after a month, I've figured out that nobody cares. But I w...