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mike6219 wrote:

GlassG19 wrote:

nutsy4sure wrote:HaHa, glad I found this board. I'm on day 49 since I got the confirmation they received my supporting documents. Like so many here, a 25 year old misdemeanor arrest has clogged up the process. Sent my wife's a week after mine and she received her plastic two weeks ago. I called last week and the woman actually said " background checks take longer for criminals"! They obviously don't do anything when they get the application and $ because I actually sent that in over 120 days ago. Anyway, this board has eased my mind because I now know I'm not alone. It WILL get here, eventually.

I seem to be in the same boat. I had a misdemeanor around 10 years ago and it appears to hanging up my application. When I talked to a rather unhelpful person a few days ago, she told me that it could take up to 60 days from the date they started my background check. (Which was Dec. 14th).

I guess I will continue reading this forum and stalking the DPS website until I see something change.

Good luck to ya!

Good news! Day 57, I called DPS and they said that it's off to be printed. Should get it in a week or so.
So, now to go holster shopping...

KC80 wrote:60 days to do a background check is crazy. If the government says I can buy a firearm in a matte of minutes the surely the state can say yes or no.

That's what I'd like to know. I bought my last handgun a few months ago, and it took 30 minutes to do the background check (and most of that was sitting on hold I was told.)

I've always wondered why DPS needed so much time. They can quarry the state and federal records and find that I committed a misdemeanor 10+ years ago. Check the files that I uploaded and find the disposition attached. Then compare the two, and call it done.

I guess I'm having problems waiting patiently when most of the folks I took my CHL class with have already received their licenses.

Oh well, maybe I should go practice tonight.

GlassG19 wrote:

nutsy4sure wrote:HaHa, glad I found this board. I'm on day 49 since I got the confirmation they received my supporting documents. Like so many here, a 25 year old misdemeanor arrest has clogged up the process. Sent my wife's a week after mine and she received her plastic two weeks ago. I called last week and the woman actually said " background checks take longer for criminals"! They obviously don't do anything when they get the application and $ because I actually sent that in over 120 days ago. Anyway, this board has eased my mind because I now know I'm not alone. It WILL get here, eventually.

I seem to be in the same boat. I had a misdemeanor around 10 years ago and it appears to hanging up my application. When I talked to a rather unhelpful person a few days ago, she told me that it could take up to 60 days from the date they started my background check. (Which was Dec. 14th).

I guess I will continue reading this forum and stalking the DPS website until I see something change.

Good luck to ya!