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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?

I think you were in the right. DEA agents are not acting as Texas peace officers.

- Jim

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?

Rokyudai wrote:Good job by the way getting written permission from the hospital/school to carry...private school?

Texas Tech University.

seamusTX wrote:I think you were in the right. DEA agents are not acting as Texas peace officers.

- Jim

Sweet!! Thanks for the replies. The open carry of their gun is what got me 2nd guessing myself.