Waiting since Feb!!!!

[HotRod68Camaro]

I turned in my application the beginning of Feb. 1 month late i get a letter saying they need my LES, ok no problem get that fixed. June rolls around and they need side profile pictures b/c i am 20. OK, why didn't they just tell me that when they asked for my LES. O well, send the pictures off, contact them by phone to make sure there are no other issues, and they say everything is good to go. I shouldn't have any more issues during the processing. I get back from a 2 month course, and i still dont have my CHL. I called them today. I was told that there doesnt look to be any more problems with my application, and they just have so many people applying for CHL that its taking so long. Personally i think they are yanking my chain till i turn 21 in November. What do you guys/gals think?

[KaiserB]

I turned in my application the beginning of Feb. 1 month late i get a letter saying they need my LES, ok no problem get that fixed. June rolls around and they need side profile pictures b/c i am 20. OK, why didn't they just tell me that when they asked for my LES. O well, send the pictures off, contact them by phone to make sure there are no other issues, and they say everything is good to go. I shouldn't have any more issues during the processing. I get back from a 2 month course, and i still don't have my CHL. I called them today. I was told that there doesn't look to be any more problems with my application, and they just have so many people applying for CHL that its taking so long. Personally i think they are yanking my chain till i turn 21 in November. What do you guys/gals think?

I think the TX DPS is very slow at processing 120-180 days and very quick at making poor excuses. After 90+ days I gave up trying to explain things to the troglodytes at DPS and spoke with the legislative liaison for DPS. About 2 hours later (literally) my license was completed issued and mailed.

[Jesse1911]

If I was you...I would talk to my state rep. It always helps, and that is what they are there for. I know it helped me when I couldn't get a straight answer, then magically got it a day after my State Rep called them .

[Oldgringo]

Isn't the minimum age for a CHL 21?

[LarryH]

Not for active-duty military . . .

[jeremya]

Not for active-duty military . . .

Doesn't the clause say as "long as you meet the other requirements" one of which is to be old enough to buy a hand gun under federal law and that age is 21 right?
I took the CHL course last weekend and my instructor had a hissy fit about how silly this is. Of course that is just what the law says it may not be what they practice.

-- Jeremy

[jmorris]

Not for active-duty military . . .

Doesn't the clause say as "long as you meet the other requirements" one of which is to be old enough to buy a hand gun under federal law and that age is 21 right?
I took the CHL course last weekend and my instructor had a hissy fit about how silly this is. Of course that is just what the law says it may not be what they practice.

-- Jeremy

Active duty military is an exception to that. AD can get a CHL (free) but cannot purchase a handgun. He can receive it from someone who can legally purchase one (IIRC).

[Purplehood]

Side-profile photo?

[HotRod68Camaro]

passport size photos w/ you facing left showing the right side of your face.