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Jumping Frog wrote:

rmr1923 wrote:and for those who will inevitably ask, the reason this person hasn't gotten a CHL yet is because he's open 6 days a week and doesn't have a single employee who's dependable enough at the moment to run the place if he were to take a day off to take the course. i told him he could take a course on a sunday here in Houston but he's normally out of town tending to property and livestock he owns in other counties.

He could take the online Texas Hunter Education course & test, and then take the 4 hour Texas Hunter Education field training. That would qualify him to get a Florida non-resident license.

how long would that be valid in Texas? i'm not very up-to-date on the current Texas legislative session but isn't there a proposed bill that would require Texas residents to hold a Texas CHL?

this man also happens to be my father and due to his stubborn nature he's not taking much of my advice at the moment, but my sister and i are trying to get him to just let us run the shop one saturday so he can take the course and get it over with. money isn't an issue, he's just a control freak when it comes to his business and he feels like the building will fall to the ground if he isn't there to hold it up. i'm trying to get him to come to Houston one weekend to take Randy Reiner's course, he worked with me and let me split it up into 2 days because i wasn't able to take it all in one day.

puma guy wrote:Concealed carry is the way to go if he's using it for protection and defense at the business. If the BG sees a weapon displayed he would probably just shoot first.

yeah i agree that concealed is the way to go. not too long ago an electronics shop across the street was robbed, the owner was tied up at gunpoint and the robbers took off with a bunch of cell phones, which is why he wants to carry at work.

Beiruty wrote:He can carry concealed and open (be careful if some one called the police for man with a gun, then questions and answers session is in order). So concealed is the recommended method.

yeah i think he's been carrying a Derringer in an ankle holster for a couple months now but was asking me if he could get away with carrying a 1911 in an IWB holster and i figured he could but wanted to check on here because i wasn't 100% sure. and i don't think there would be much of an issue with someone reporting him to the police, it's a car service center and he has a contract to service all PD, Sheriff and DPS cars for the county so he knows all the officers/deputies pretty well. but then again i don't think he'd want to openly carry for fear of scaring away customers.

Ok this is sort of a tricky question, I've asked a few people before and nobody seemed to know for sure, other than just giving their personal opinions on the matter. So a person who does not have a CHL is allowed to carry a handgun while on their own property, right? Now let's say this person runs a small business (sole proprietorship), owns the building and the land that it's on, and the building is not attached or connected in any way to any neighboring businesses (it's located on a corner with an empty lot to one side and a private residence behind it separated by a tall fence). Would the business owner be allowed to carry without a CHL (openly or concealed) on the premises since he owns the property? this particular business owner has asked a few of the local police and got conflicting answers from them, one guy said absolutely he's allowed to, and another said no, not without a CHL.

and for those who will inevitably ask, the reason this person hasn't gotten a CHL yet is because he's open 6 days a week and doesn't have a single employee who's dependable enough at the moment to run the place if he were to take a day off to take the course. i told him he could take a course on a sunday here in Houston but he's normally out of town tending to property and livestock he owns in other counties.

can anyone provide some insight for me here? my thought is that since the property belongs to him, he should be allowed to carry a concealed handgun, but i'm not sure if the fact that it's a place of business changes anything.