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TommyGlock wrote:

KC5AV wrote:

TommyGlock wrote:It's kind of funny how a bunch of people (me too) can be so passionate about the second amendment, but won't recognize my right to think what I want to think. Isn't that what liberals do?

No one is telling you that you don't have the right to think whatever you want to think. Don't get upset when we exercise our right to tell you that (we think) you're wrong.

I think you're wrong, but I don't feel a need to tell you that. Why are you driven to do it to me?

Yes, you can think what you wish. You can express your feelings within the rules of the forum. I posted the rule you violated and you continue to do so. Please stop now.

Chas.

bigdadykain wrote:. . . The question I asked will force their hand to prove they have not followed GC 411.176.

Open Records Requests are a request for records. You don't get to ask questions. That's why I said I didn't think it would accomplish anything in this setting.

bigdadykain wrote:My next step is to find others like me and file suit.

What will be the legal basis of your lawsuit? What relief will you be seeking? Who will be the defendant(s)?

bigdadykain wrote:News flash, they are required to follow the statutes and underfunding and/or incompetence will not be an acceptable excuse. Of course you do have a right to continue to do nothing and accept things exactly the way they are.

Did you read the thread on the DPS meeting? That's hardly "doing nothing."

Chas.

TommyGlock wrote:Why is everyone so shocked that a bunch of minority, government employees can't accomplish a task in a timely manner?

Forum Rule 3 wrote:3. No racial or ethnic slurs. Descriptions of persons in actual events are fine, so long as it doesn’t constitute stereotyping.

The DPS is under a great deal of fire now by key people in the Legislature and the Governor's Office, so don't think they are sitting back ignoring the problem. The only fix is a legislative one and that can't happen before 2009. For those who have not read the older thread on the DPS meeting, please have a look. It might help explain the problem. For obvious reasons, I can't go into details about various proposals to fix the problem, other than the obvious one to increase DPS funding for more people in the CHL department.

I make use of Open Records Requests under appropriate circumstances, but I don't believe that would help in this situation. DPS has acknowledged the delays (see report below), so I'm not sure what the ORR would request. Further, the people who would be doing the leg-work to respond to the request would be people pulled off their regular duties of processing CHL applications.

Chas.

DPS Delayed Processing: Meeting Report