Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges.

[JagsfanNtexas]

You just gots to have a sash too!

[Embalmo]

I wonder if a laminate on a lanyard or clipped on your pocket with your license info and pic might be a good idea when open carrying. It might keep LE and the general public from freaking. To me, when I see one of those, it just means that that person is authorized to be wherever they are, like a backstage pass. It doesn't look like someone is trying to look like they're any sort of authority figure.

Hmm. I may just stick my license on a lanyard pouch if I ever decide to open carry.

[Abraham]

If you attach a "CHL badge" to a belt, full observable to the public, without getting up close and personal, no one will be able to tell it apart from an LEO badge of some type.

Why is that?

The letters on said badge are too small to be read in an instant and that's what wannabee LEO's are relying on.

Doing such a thing is a VERY bad idea...and is a very revealing and unflattering statement about character.

If you aren't an LEO, don't pretend to be one.

[mojo84]

Well, recently we have had another public restroom dilemma thread and now another one about CHL badgea.

My biggest concern is if the badge makers will change the wording on the badges to reflect the new terminology of License to Carry a Handgun.

[ScottDLS]

I like to wear my Texas Driver's License around my neck when driving. Let's face it, the public is going to take a while to adjust to the fact that regular citizens can now just drive around with a gun in the glove box or console (MPA). It should put some minds at ease when they see me driving around in a non-LEO car with my DL on lanyard. I'm debating adding a yellow light bar to the top also.

[SA_Steve]

Don''t need all these extras if you want to say "look at me'.

There's ways to OC that say that better and loudly.

[oljames3]

My OP in this thread was a reference to the famous, or infamous, line from "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre":

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

The picture in the OP shows an item that I thought might look good hanging on a wall as a memento of the start of OC in Texas. It seemed interesting simply because the item bears the bill number and date: HB 910 and 1 January 2016.

Let me make one thing perfectly clear (anyone remember RMN?).

Badge?

We have no badge.

We need no badge.

I will OC, but I will wear no badge.

[ScottDLS]

I want my J. Edgar Hoover Junior G-Man Badge!

[Abraham]

You can get your J.E.H. badge and gown when you buy a box of Cracker Jacks.

[Pawpaw]

[Charlies.Contingency]

[CHL Tiara Picture]

I was waiting for it, and there it is. Now it would seem that this CHL Badge thread is completed.

[Maxwell]

You just gots to have a sash too!

I'm going with the sash...

[Glockster]

I hadn't noticed until now but if you look closely at the shirt you'll also see that it says "Law Enforcement" in the white lettering below Brownells (you can see it slightly better here on this site http://www.policestore.com/duty-gear-ap ... 42039.aspx).

[Swissy]

When I took my CHL course, the instructor was heavily against these badges. After finally seeing a picture, I can see why.