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I don't know. Showing your CHL when you have other forms of ID (namely a DL) seems an awful lot like boasting. It's almost like the people who have a Centurian American Express (aka the black Amex). The people who get those, really don't need a credit card when they could just flat out pay cash. In my opinion, they get it to let other's know of their status. There's nothing that will quiet a dinner crowd quicker when someone pulls out the black credit card to pay.

Not many would admit it, but I bet there are a fair amount of holders that are somewhat of a braggard of their status as as CHL holder. Posts like psycho_bob42, demonstrate they are out there. When I first joined the forum, I made a rather bold post where I discussed the apparent "machoism" that I observed with my CHL class members, and I took a bit of heat over it. But it is there. Go to any gun show, and it is VERY easy to get the CHL crowd to show themselves. It typically goes like this..

Two guys who don't know each other are looking at pistols, and one guy says to the other... "boy that Sig is a nice gun". The other guy, unprovoked will say, "yeah, it's a nice gun, but I generally carry a Glock". And then the guy will pull his Glock out of his IWB and show the other guy and start talking about the virtues of when/where he carries it. This scenario happens at EVERY gun show without fail. Some CHL guy will openly let other people know that he carries with little to no provoking. While I'm proud to be a CHL holder, I don't feel a need to make it a point to let other's know I have a CHL, unless specifically asked. As a result, my behavior would be to not use my CHL as any form of identification.

I was under the impression that a Texas CHL was not an "official" form of Identification, and was thus not recognized in the same manner as a DL or TX Identification card.