I am a infectious disease pharmacist and the fast few days have been the glorious inventory days! Woohoo!
Anyway, since we stock and dispense meds the price of Kia's pretty commonly - the DEA came to "confirm" our count.
They walk in, first two things I notice: 1. Gun 2. Pretty awesome DEA labcoat.
They ask for my pharmacist license (not DL) which has all my info on it. Hand it back, and we go from there.
I decided not to hand my CHL for a number of reasons:
1. They were not confirming my identity, just checking to make sure my license was valid.
2. Its a hospital on campus grounds and I have written permission to carry. I didn't know if that would cause an issue and they would investigate it more.
3. Only a handful of coworkers know I carry. I would like to keep it that way.
After I think about it, I go back and forth with if I should have given or told them I was carrying or not.
I think I did the right thing. They were not there for pharmacy safety, just to make sure we were not missing any drugs.
Opinions?
Should I have shown my CHL?
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Personally, I'd agree. DEA agents, as I understand it, aren't peace officers in Texas, and so you don't have to show them your CHL even if they do ask for identification. And I, for one, consider *not* showing my CHL to be the route of caution, not the other way around...So I'd probably have done the same thing you did.
I think that given the scope of their inspection, you gave them what "they requested" to confirm identity and credentials. I would imagine they had other DEA related tasks to perform and did not consider anything beyond that. Good job by the way getting written permission from the hospital/school to carry...private school?
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