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Federal representatives are the wrong people to contact for this. This is a state issue. The Governor's office has been, in my experience, not useful. I received a form letter that such and such Colonel was looking into it, and that was the end of that. My State Representative was voted out of offic...

I received a call from the office of my Texas Senator (Dan Patrick) today. The lady said that she had contacted DPS regarding my CHL. I told her I had not intended on contacting anybody and that I was just going to wait. But also, that other people had been expedited in front of me. She said she und...

I'm with you. I've been waiting since mid-June. I received the form letter from the Governor. Unfortunately, my state rep was voted out of office so he has not been too helpful. I see people from September get expedited ahead. I was really hoping intervention wouldn't be necessary, but it seems like...

I had a more detailed post written up, but it never submitted. Here are my final comments on this matter. HGWC, you have your interpretation of the 2nd amendment. However, it is not the current intepretation by the USSC. It is possible that one day, the social mores may change to the point that the ...

Just like in the Nordyke and Chicago gun cases, it takes one case to raise the 2nd amendment incorporation issue. At the same time, in the context of incorporation, the Texas laws won't stand up to any standard of review. The law amounts to a total and indefinite ban on possession of handguns in pu...

Firstly, there is no fundamental Constitutional right to carry your weapon concealed about with you. If you are relying on the Heller decision, which has been the only signficant judicial interpretation of the 2nd amendment, there is only a right to possession (ownership). I realize you are upset ab...

Without touching on the issue of how long it takes for a lawsuit to work its way through the system, a lawsuit is not practical. Most lawsuits involve money damage. For example, if you were promised benefits from an administration of the Government, and you never received them because of a delay, yo...

Maybe one week is counting the time it takes to mail the request to the county and have the county mail it back.

Congrats pdubyoo. And thanks for keeping us all updated. Unfortunately, contacting DPS directly doesn't seem to help. My friend and I sent them a very polite email requesting information. This was their response: "We do not have that information. Unfortunantly there is no way to expidite this p...

I'm past 5 months and looking to hit six. Everything was mailed off and received June 21. I'm a Harris County applicant. Anyway, I am doubly screwed as opposed to some of you guys here. My state representative was voted out of office. He's just a lame duck now waiting for the next guy to be sworn in...