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Pecos wrote: But if they secretely call the police I think I would wait with my TDL & CHL in hand.

If they secretly call the police, I'll go about my business because I don't know any better.
If they openly call the police, I'm leaving immediately. Not because I'm doing anything wrong, but because once the police get there the best outcome is that nothing happens. There are a bunch of other outcomes that are not so good for me.
If stopped after I left, I left because I was de-esclating a situation where someone was upset. I did not leave the scene of a crime because I committed no crime.

Pecos wrote: My biggets fear, after doing the right stuff during a traffic stop. is being slammed over the Hood of you car & cuffed anyway & taking a ride....

My biggest fear is not being slammed on the hood of the car. It's that the incident isn't caught on tape and recorded from start to finish.

Bingo.
And if I haven't told you, thank you for sharing your story on this forum and others. And thank you for not just rolling over on the charge, because most of us know that it would have been a lot less expensive and perhaps a lot less risky to simply plead to what you were charged with...

How the officer here got away with it is something that I don't understand completely - but it shows me that they are granted a lot of professional latitude and allowed to make some pretty big mistakes that can certainly impact the life of citizens for a long time.

handog wrote: You may want to reread the thread. Nobody intentionally displayed their weapon. The arresting officer Nick Atkinson, Round Rock PD was indeed ignorant of the law. No change for me after Sept 1st.

Handog,
You're missing my point. I know you didn't intentionally display anything. The fact that the officer, Nick Atkinson, charged you and wrote down the word "intentionally" indicates that he knew the law quite well and chose to use it as he saw fit... Had he not written that down, I'd give him a pass on ignorance.

nightmare wrote: It's still illegal while hiking on public land

What's illegal while hiking on public land? Are you referring to open carry?

Keith B wrote:

Texas1999 wrote: Why is IWB too uncomfortable?

IWB for me tends to go around to my back. It's uncomfortable in the car.
IWB at 3 o'clock is less comfortable than OWB at 3 o'clock, but they are the same in the car.
I've got a tactical belt. OWB holdster is one of those saddle deals. IWB is a different design.

Cedar Park Dad wrote:The arresting officers were already ignorant of the law.

They were not ignorant of the law. They arrested him for "intentionally" displaying the weapon, which indicates they knew exactly what the law was.

bdickens wrote:Handog's situation has happened to my knowledge exactly once in the history of CHL in Texas.

Same here. Just a little too close to home.

bdickens wrote:Why?

Because I think it gives a little better latitude from the handog situation.... For now, it's a bit your-mileage-may-vary, but it certainly appears that it'd be a difficult burden of proof to prosecute.

I think it will give me a little more OWB freedom from paranoia. IWB is fine, but OWB is much more comfortable (for me).