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Well, I'm now on day 135. Emailed my State Rep. a couple of weeks ago and finally got a call back this morning. One of the reps aides said he called DPS and was first told that there was some disqualifying info, but then DPS said that was an error on their part, and that they were sending the approved application for printing. Said I should receive in about 2 weeks. I had called DPS myself last week and was told that "something came up on my background check". Didn't say what the problem was. (I had a misdemeanor DWI back in 1990, but disclosed all info on the app). Got transferred to the rep that was supposedly handling my app. and of course got voice mail....left a msg. and never heard anything. Website still shows "processing application". Does it change to something else when it gets sent to printing?

Hope the 2 week deal is correct.

Cautiously optimistic? We'll see.

texxas guy wrote:Well, I'm now on day 135. Emailed my State Rep. a couple of weeks ago and finally got a call back this morning. One of the reps aides said he called DPS and was first told that there was some disqualifying info, but then DPS said that was an error on their part, and that they were sending the approved application for printing. Said I should receive in about 2 weeks. I had called DPS myself last week and was told that "something came up on my background check". Didn't say what the problem was. (I had a misdemeanor DWI back in 1990, but disclosed all info on the app). Got transferred to the rep that was supposedly handling my app. and of course got voice mail....left a msg. and never heard anything. Website still shows "processing application". Does it change to something else when it gets sent to printing?

Hope the 2 week deal is correct.

Cautiously optimistic? We'll see.

I hope so too...Good luck

First post, though I've been a lurker on the forum for a while.

I'm on Day 115 as of this post.

Gearing up to make some polite - yet 'squeaky wheel' - phone calls!

App Mailed 04-17-09
PIN Received 06-1-09
App Approved xx-xx-xx
In Hand xx-xx-xx

hi btaylor , welcome in .

Hi bt, welcome to the forum!

btaylor wrote:First post, though I've been a lurker on the forum for a while.

I'm on Day 115 as of this post.

Gearing up to make some polite - yet 'squeaky wheel' - phone calls!

App Mailed 04-17-09
PIN Received 06-1-09
App Approved xx-xx-xx
In Hand xx-xx-xx

Welcome...Hope your license comes soon!!

Well, I might as well throw my hat in since I hit one hundred days today. Do you think Christmas is a good estimate? Only time will tell??!!!

Do you think Christmas is a good estimate?

Well actually, for those of us in the July and August lines, I'd say Christmas is smack on the mark. You know there is about 6 paid holidays for all State agencies between now and the end of this year. Add some vacation time, sick time, personal leave, birthdays, etc., yeah ... Christmas is about right. I'm expecting returned finger prints because they were inked and maybe returned photographs. So I'm thinking 2010.

Letsee..130ish days...i stopped counting. More than double the legal time it would normally have taken for it to arrive.

Needless to say, DPS hiring more people to process CHL's is a job that Obama can irrefutably say that he "created"

hahaha

Rawb77 wrote:Letsee..130ish days...i stopped counting. More than double the legal time it would normally have taken for it to arrive.

Needless to say, DPS hiring more people to process CHL's is a job that Obama can irrefutably say that he "created"

hahaha

But did they really hire more people or just reassign them? It seems there was a quick surge of licenses issued from Harris County starting a few weeks ago - that could be accomplished by the person who is supposed to be assigned to BG checks (actually doing them) and 1 or maybe 2 others helping for a few days.
How long does it actually take to do a BG check? A long guesstimate, maybe 3 to 5 minutes top (if you really think about it, it should be typing a name and Lic or SS # in a database and hitting enter - what, on a slow computer, maybe 1 minute).
I know that I can walk into and out of a gun store with a new firearm in less than 30 (if they're not busy).

i know for a fact that they can see your history with a few key strokes .

before i applied , i called them to ask a qualification question .
the lady typed in my info while i was on the phone with her .
she said she could see my entire history right then and there .

113 Days.. more excuses

I am a Law Enforcement Officer, and yes, the background really only takes a few minutes. They are just making excuses for not doing their work.

Day 139 or 140 ish.

dwdog wrote:I am a Law Enforcement Officer, and yes, the background really only takes a few minutes. They are just making excuses for not doing their work.

Day 139 or 140 ish.

told y'all

USA1 wrote:

dwdog wrote:I am a Law Enforcement Officer, and yes, the background really only takes a few minutes. They are just making excuses for not doing their work.

Day 139 or 140 ish.

told y'all

Doesn't surprise me a bit...