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RoyGBiv wrote:

TexasTornado wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

Jusme wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:My only issues with the process at the state capitol is that you are required to show your license at all, and that they insist on scanning it. I thought that LEO's could only ask for the LTC if they had reasonable suspicion that a crime was being committed, not just because you are carrying a gun.

But in the grand scheme of things, it's not a huge deal, as long as it doesn't spread to other locations.

It's done by the DPS the same agency that issues LTC, it's just a verification process. I like the fact that it, for once, puts LTC holders into the "express lane"

It's also the same agency that issues drivers licenses, but a State Trooper is not allowed to pull over everyone driving a car just to verify that they have a valid DL. Like I said, not a huge issue, but on principal not something that should be happening IMHO.

Correct, but driver's license checkpoints that stop every driver to verify a license are constitutional. The LTC line at the Capitol is a checkpoint, not a random stop.

Chas.

Maybe we should just institute drivers license check points on roads leading to polling locations then.

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869 wrote:
Ha. My grandfather once proudly told the lady working the counter at DPS that he was "five foot eleven and a half." She didn't look up but muttered "we don't use half inches" and carried on processing his license. He later looked at the license and, sure enough, she just rounded up. Height: 5 FT 12 IN.

JALLEN wrote:Shortly after we moved back here, I went in to get a Texas DL. The lady went through my form, stopped when it said "red hair." She said "it's more like white."

I replied, politely, "look at my CA license, just renewed a few months ago. It says 'red.' You aren't saying CA was mistaken, are you?"

My TX DL says red hair.

When the USAF brought me to Texas in 1998 I had already made up my mind to stay, and there was still that 6-month wait for CHLs required for new residents. I scurried down the DPS office to get my DL so I could register to vote, establish residence etc. I had an old DL from Indiana that used an even older picture on it, but my hair had already matured considerably in the mean time. The gal at the counter filled in my form for me, I guess directly to the computer, and she asked me my hair color:

I said "Distinguished."

She didn't even crack a smile, just flicked an eye at me and typed in "Gray."

Those license branch people have no sense of compassion or humor at all.


ETA: I just noticed my latest DL doesn't list hair color at all. Just height and eye color. My LTC does ("Gry", thank you pitiless DPS clerks), but not the DL. Huh.