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para driver wrote:

texasnatt wrote:we were thinking of going back home anyway and this may just be the icing on the cake,

I'm inclined to say 'don't let the door hit you'... but that may not be very polite...

1. It's not.
2. You're rude.
3. I welcome anyone, from anywhere, who wants to partake of Freedom.

texasnatt wrote:is this one of those licences you get from walmart????

Wal Mart, or any sporting goods store.

Hunting licenses are sold on an annual basis. Wait until September, and your license will be good until 09/08.

Kevin

texasnatt wrote:so going back to the earlier link (http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/faq/faq2.htm#r1)
and reading thru section R, i am not allowed to posses a firearm,

Whoah, not so fast!

There are exceptions to this general prohibition. The exceptions are as follows:

1. nonimmigrant aliens who possess a valid (unexpired) hunting license or permit lawfully issued by a State in the United States;

Go buy a hunting license, and you're golden.

txinvestigator wrote:No one says you can't defend yourself, you just can't have a CHL.

*psssst*... your pedantry is showing!

An H-4 visa ("immediate family member of H-1B visa holder") makes you a legal resident alien. You are perfectly legal to purchase, own, and possess firearms. Don't rush to sell your pistol.

As others have said, the CHL course is not a gun safety training class. There are lots of good training classes available; check for the NRA Basic Pistol course, or NRA Personal Protection in the Home course. The CHL course deals with Texas law, and tests for basic proficiency with a handgun.

The SSN requirement for the CHL is an obstacle, but I think it can probably be overcome, depending on how much time you want to spend battering down that wall. The only reason the SSN is required, is to make sure you've paid child support. You can't provide an SSN if you neither have, nor or eligible for, that number. I would write "none" in that space, and add an attached statement that you neither owe nor pay child support (assuming that is the case).

Good luck with it.

Oh, and if you are ever in the Northeast Texas area, and wish to pay tribute to your countrymen by making noise with some Lee-Enfield rifles, I'm your man. Give me a shout, and we'll burn up some .303.

Kevin