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WildBill wrote:

thetexan wrote:The only restriction I can find is for a class a mis of family violence as per 22.01 and then only after 5 years. A search for class c finds nothing related.

GC §411.172. ELIGIBILITY.
Text of subsection effective on Jan. 1, 2016
(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a handgun if the person:
(1) is a legal resident of this state for the six-month period preceding the date
of application under this subchapter or is otherwise eligible for a license under
Section 411.173(a);
(2) is at least 21 years of age;
(3) has not been convicted of a felony;
(4) is not charged with the commission of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor
or equivalent offense, or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or
equivalent offense, or of a felony under an information or indictment;
(5) is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B
misdemeanor or equivalent offense;
(6) is not a chemically dependent person;
(7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper
use and storage of a handgun;
(8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of application, been convicted
of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense or of an offense
under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense;
(9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a
handgun;

I am getting over my head, but I believe the attached is the applicable federal law.
It states a misdemeanor family violence conviction is a bar to owning a firearm. It makes no statement of the "Class".
I believe a more knowledgeable person will step in to confirm or deny my interpretation.
http://www.rip.uscourts.gov/rip/supervi ... bition.pdf