IF NO CHL THEN YOU CAN NOT CARRY ANYWHERE EXCEPT FROM YOUR VEHICLE TO PLACE OF RESIDENCE (WHERE YOU SLEEP AND PICK UP MAIL) AND BACK TO YOUR VEHICLE.
Sorry, that's wrong. If that were true I couldn't go to the shooting range or deer lease with a handgun could I? Or take it to the gunsmith for repair?
No, that's clearly not the case, so we have to turn to the penal code and see......
Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(1) on the person's own premises or premises under the person's control; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control.
(left some out)
So, we get to the part in bold. This is where it gets interesting.
Gun stores regularly allow their employees to carry openly, we see it all the time. So, what exactly does "premises under the person's control" mean?
Well, when I go to a public shooting range I can carry my handgun with me can't I? And I am carrying it openly during the time I am shooting. So somehow during my time at the range is that premise under my control? I guess it is, I am paying "rent" for it right? What if the owner lets me shoot for free because I buy a gun from him?
That's a good question.... Does permission from the property owner place that premise temporarily under your control? That's the question that needs answering.
From the shooting range and gun store example it would APPEAR that permission from the property owner does just that. But, I'd sure get it in writing from the property owner.
Not legal advice of course, but I'd be interested in seeing an argument that doesn't agree with that.
I personally can't see how it would be illegal with the property owners permission give the above scenarios.