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I agree pretty closely with TAM...

My situation was a bit different in that when I moved to TX 9 years ago from NC I already had both a NC and FL permit. My NC permit became invalid when I moved out of NC so I carried on my FL non-resident permit for nearly 8 years before getting my TX permit. Why take on the expense and inconvenience of a TX permit when my FL permit was valid? I had no intent to "circumvent" any local laws, I already had 2 permits and didn't think it was necessary to spend the several hundred dollars to get yet another.

Why can't CHL's be just like drivers licenses? I walked into DMV, gave them my NC DL and they gave me back a TX DL. 15 minute process. If you're worried about "differences in local laws", hand me a CHL-16 to read and let me take a written test. Do I need to take a driving class to get a TX DL? No.

Someday, when TX realizes that the CHL requirements here are excessive and expensive, I hope that the "installed base" of CHL instructors is supportive of reducing the requirements, even though it would mean less work for the growing cottage industry that is TX CHL Instructors.

So... Count me among the realists... These silly requirements make people feel safer, but in reality all they do is impinge on our rights and make it more difficult and expensive for honest folks to protect themselves.