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Stupid is as stupid does
Postby DavidMSelf » Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:13 pm

Well, as some of you know, I did take the class and did all that was required to apply for my CHL. It has been 2+ months and I do know that it can take longer than that but the waiting is really not my issue at this point in time. My issue is the fact that I have been watching the web site since I sent everything in and this morning, instead of seeing the usual " Still waiting on all the paper work, " message that has been there since I started this process, There was nothing. For what ever reason the only topic posted on the place you check your status was the question of wanting to start the process of getting your certificate to teach the CHL class. I was very puzzled by this so I decided to call. I had up-loaded all the paper work that was required the day I did my finger printing. I was told not to send the paper work in because sending it through email was much faster and more efficient. I was supposed to get a confirmation email to let me know they had indeed received all my paper work. That email never showed up. I then up-loaded a copy of all my paper work again since they did not get it the first time. After a few weeks of no response I then sent a third up-load through the site and still there was no change. I then called this morning at 8:30 am and I actually got a real live person on the phone. I asked if the site was down and I was told the site was fine. I then asked how is it that they had not received any of the three up-loads I had done up to this point. She informed me that I was still missing the paper showing I took and passed the class with all the information needed signed sealed and delivered so I could go on with getting my CHL. She said they had two of the three papers which did puzzle me a bit. You see I did not send just the one copy in one upload, I sent one PDF file containing all of the paper work that is required. I then tried to explain to her that if they got the others then they had to have received the one they claim they never received because it was not a separate file but one file with three things in it. She then told me to send them all again through the mail to insure that they would get them this time. They had to have had them all but I was tired of trying to explain this to a person that was obviously stalling because they had screwed up some where or they just did not want to do my CHL hoping I would give up and go away. So I then got my forth copy of all my material and proceeded to the post office where I then sent it express over night with a card that requires a signature and then once delivered I get a confirmation showing whom and when it was delivered. They will get it by 3:00 PM Tuesday July the 1 st, 2014. I then return home to find a new email for me stating that they had received my uploads and that it would take another 6 weeks to get the process started again. By this time I am livid because I had just spent almost $22.40 on the express over night signed for letter with the information in it. So now I have a written email proving they have all my information and by 3 tomorrow I will have a signed slip proving that all my information was sent through the mail as well. I can only hope that by sending it through the mail that this does not slow the process down even slower than it already is. I know there are people on this site that have waited much longer than I have for their licence than I have, but the fact I know they have lied to me and cost me money that I really did not have to spend has me very angry at this moment. The same woman that told me to mail it in is the same woman that sent the email saying they had my paper work. Patience I have but being lied to makes the patience I have become a lot shorter. What ever happened to people that would just tell the truth when they screwed up and just corrected the error and got everything back on track. That behavior I can forgive and at the least respect the person for telling the truth but to be a liar and tell so many lies that it catches up to you in one day is a very stupid thing and as I said in the beginning, stupid is as stupid does. Sorry for the temper tantrum but I had to vent to some one and my wife is sick of me talking about getting my CHL. I am , ,and still
DavidMSelf
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Yes, I am sure that many people had a good laugh and that's OK.
laughter is a good stress relief. it has now been over a month and the waiting is no easier.I know the wait is 3 months or more and yet I check the site at least once a day for a glimmer of hope. I have saved up enough to get a small 9 mm Taurus for my carry weapon and I have my eye on a nice Moss berg, I think that is the correct spelling, 30.06 bolt action with scope in camouflage colors. I still want an AK 47 and AK 74 along with the Springfield 45. XDM. That will complete my gun needs for a while

It is May the 11th 2014 and it has been 10 days since I did my whole thing by email and not a change on the status yet. I know there have been those that have waited days and those that have waited months so I know there is no set time frame but I was told by the people that handle this that I should submit it by email to get things going faster but I have seen no evidence to support that at all. I have no bad background and I was fingerprinted two days after my CHL class which I passed without missing a single question and I shot perfectly. I am not worried at all about the background check because there is nothing negative to find. I just wish this was a faster more efficient process. I can't take my gun on vacation because I know it will not be here by the time I leave and I am going through states that require my CHL to even have the gun loaded in the SUV next to me in the box or on me for that matter. I will be forced to leave it in the safe and locked away. I have a house sitter and a very well trained watch dog that is about 125lbs but I still would have liked taking my weapon with me. I too was told they had hired temps to catch up on the back log and I was really hoping that it would make a big difference but everyone that I have spoke to face to face in my area says that expect a 3 month wait and that is pure agony. I check the site every day just to see if they have started the process but it never changes and the status remains the same. This is the pits people.