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LM230023 wrote:You can legally carry with a CHL unless:

Its is 30.06 Posted. (Signage, written or oral notification) there are places that a 30.06 sign is not valid though.
It is Fedrally owned or controlled
Inside secured part of a jail or prison.
Into Court (don't remember if it has to be posted though, most are)
secured area of an airport.
Inside of a school building..
a professional sporting event
An organized school activity (Football game pep rally etc.)
Near the Huntsville prison on a day they are going to execute someone.
At a Bar. where 50% of the income is consumed alcoholic beverage.

Add:
Pari-mutuel betting - ie Horse or Dog tracks where betting/wagering takes place.

Thanks I knew I probably missed something, but I think we pretty much summed it up.

bigolbigun wrote:
And a some examples of this ability to carry in typical non carry environments would be? And where would this information be located so I could improve my knowledge about these situations? Thanks.

It is all described in your CHL handbook.It can be found here. http://pages.sbcglobal.net/liberty.free ... /ls-16.doc
but it really should have been covered in your CHL class.
The finer details are consantly being hashed out on this forum.
Maybe would could put an article in a sticky. The problem is that there are some questionable areas.
For instance I believe it it is perfectly legal to carry into the Galveston Police department. Even though it is 30.06 posted. I wouldn't advise anyone to do it and would suggest that no one carry in there unless they fully understood the consequences. But in a nutshell

You can legally carry with a CHL unless:

• Its is 30.06 Posted. (Signage, written or oral notification) there are places that a 30.06 sign is not valid though.
  It is Fedrally owned or controlled
  Inside secured part of a jail or prison.
  Into Court (don't remember if it has to be posted though, most are)
  secured area of an airport.
  Inside of a school building..
  a professional sporting event
  An organized school activity (Football game pep rally etc.)
  Near the Huntsville prison on a day they are going to execute someone.
  At a Bar. where 50% of the income is consumed alcoholic beverage.

I'm sure I missed something.. But I'm not a lawyer, or even a CHL instructor.


For the most part you can carry at Church, in an airport, at a mall ,into a restaurant, at anyplace that has a gunbuster sign, into the school parking lot, or even the local carnival.

Doug wrote:I know it has to be posted, but to me it would be like carrying in the unsecured portion of an airport. By law it's allowed, but if you just happen to pass by a bomb sniffing dog that locks on to you you're going to have a lot of explaining to do. It's just one of those situations where you have to determine if taking the ride is worth it.

Of course, I live in Harris county with a liberal DA. ymmv

I carry into the Houston Airports at least once a month and its no problem. I've hardly ever seen a dog. I don't think they will notice a cleaned gun with factory ammo anyway.