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Plastic !!

As of 957 am today, mailed!!

Updated to manufacturing as of 630 am!

As of 630 this morning... Manufacture pending
soooo nice to see that

Ok called today and talked to lady handling my application. After some discussion about massachusetts laws and their interpretations of them and texas laws and their view on mass laws, going over details and that I was not convicted of anything and that it says dismissed (but texas still views it as "differed judication" and that the records were sealed to please texas since they view it as differed. And both of us agreeing that dealing with out of state stuff basically sucks. She said she would approve the application and issue the license... That I should get it in about 2 weeks and that I would probably here from her supervisor also. So I guess I'm done? Almost...? Status still pending on site, she says I'm good. Time will tell.

schufflerbot wrote:

Miketribal wrote:Still waiting on background check here also... Think I'm at like 45 days pending??

it's probably our seedy pasts

;)

Well there is some truth to that, when I was 17 (1992) I got arrested in Massachussetts. The charges were continued to another date and then dismissed. Now the tricky part is that Texas sees that as a conviction under the "defferred judication" clause in the chl processing which made me inelligable for my chl... but they changed the law

Effective September 1, 2009 1. Definitions of ‘Conviction’ and ‘Felony’ Section 411.171 is amended to exclude from the definition of „conviction those convictions or orders of deferred adjudication that have been: "vacated, set-aside, annulled, invalidated, voided, or sealed."

so I contacted a lawyer in Mass. and asked to have my record sealed.... when he looked it up he told me "your charges are dismissed, why would you care to seal them?" I explained the whole mess about texas interpritation of it. So for a small fee ($1000) he had my record sealed.
On my application for chl I disclosed my arrest and the charges and the dismissal and the sealing of the records (CYA, and included a copy of the sealed records documents that lists the charges.
I called the Dps about 3-4 weeks to verify they had everything, they did. They said an investigator was asigned to me case to look into the charges and see if they were disqualifing. But they were dismissed and sealed I told them (very nicely) and reminded them of the law change from sept 09. so 3-4 weeks later no status change no requests for info and no denials... I have to wonder is this investigation that hard or time consuming? Because it took me about a week to order and have my criminal record mailed to me, which now states "no adult record" cause it also seals the arrest. And A quick call to the department of probate courts or whatever its called (from a government agency) will turn up the record of sealing.
anyhow i should be covered under the law... its just annoying at best to wait around.. lol

Still waiting on background check here also... Think I'm at like 45 days pending??

Hello all!

First post, just found this forum. I'm adding myself to the may 2011 club. Can't help but check dps site almost daily.lol.

Here is my time line so far

Online app. 3/17/11
Chl class 3/27/11
L1 prints 3/31/11
Mailed packet 4/4/11
Pending on 5/4/11

Now wait wait wait.