Through my painful ordeal of waiting, I discovered that it's not the county Sherriff that does the local BG checks. It's a DPS person (state trooper) that is specifically designated to be responsible for that function for each specific county. That DPS person permanently works within that county. As for Harris County, there is only ONE trooper that is charged with that responsibility. Yep...that's right.SIGnage wrote:Well it has been 102 days now since mine was received by TDPS and it is still showing Processing Application. I last called on day 91 and was told that they were just waiting on the plastic to come in to complete the process.
A while back our Sheriff passed away. This may have been a reason for the holdup. He was a good man and had just been
re-elected. Meanwhile, I'll just take every day in stride, and try to be patient.
The new state legislature has just convened in Austin. If you want to get something changed, it's on the shoulders of your local reps to do something about the manpower shortage. Believe me, I know you get angry enough to blame that person that answers the phone in Austin, but don't. They are really busting their back sides to get caught-up. The state legislature needs to feel the heat, man-up and add additional funding to the CHL processing functions state-wide.
-pdubyoo
