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I work with a guy that's in his early 50s that's been a handgun owner for almost as long as I've been alive (and I'm 34), but he'd never put conscious thought into having a CHL. I started my job in April '05, and since we've talked guns and shot a couple of times. He's probably never going to be much for carrying every day, but he likes to have one close at hand when traveling. The sticky point was an anti-gun wife. She's an anti, but looks the other way when the guns come out. He squirreled away enough for the class, and to send away to DPS. He's a very private, reserved guy. Yesterday, at work, he came up and started talking about work stuff, but pulled the CHL out of his pocket and showed me while talking about the work-related info. I just smiled and nodded. I was with him when he bought a SA XD V-10 ported 9mm at Carter's Country. They had 'em on sale for $399, and I told him that was pretty good. He already owns a nickel Colt Trooper and a S&W Highway Patrolman, among others. This guy is a straight arrow, and I'm glad that I could coax him to go the extra step of getting a CHL.