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Martini wrote:

Penn wrote:I understand that - but if TX were to get rid of the law requiring us to carry the license, an out of state CHL would not have to carry a license in Texas, regardless of what his states law is. This would be a problem as far as verifying the validity of the persons statement.

An out of state person can carry in their car without having a gun license at all, much less have it with them.

I like the idea to make unlicensed driving a misdemeanor like unlicensed carry. I also think driving with no license and no insurance should be a felony like unlicensed carry in convenience stores.

I agree to a point. If you have no license to drive, or are driving without insurance, then yes I agree that the penalty should be more. However, If you are driving and forgot your license/insurance at home, then its not that big a deal, and most judges would probably dismiss it if you show them to the court. Thats how it should be with our plastic as well. Someone posted a while back about getting a replacement for his lost CHL, and how long its taking. In the meantime even though he is licensed to carry, he cannot legally do so until the state sends him new plastic. No excuse for this. There should at the very least be some kind of temporary card to carry until the new plastic arrives. Common sense comes into play when the officer runs your Texas DL and it comes back with a CHL. If you have already notified the officer, as you should have, having the plastic or not should be treated the same as leaving your DL home.

Vermont has a great law concerning concealed carry. As long as you are legally entitled to do so, and the requirements are virtually the same as they are here by the way, you can carry there. No plastic required. Since the state does not issue a plastic license like we have, when someone visits Texas from Vt, they cant carry except in their vehicle. If someone from Texas visited Vt, and they met the requirements, they can carry with or without a Texas CHL.

srothstein wrote:I also like the way a failure to display a DL ticket is dismissed if you do show the DL to the judge. Not displaying your CHL should also have the same option.

Isnt the way it is now kind of putting an additional burden on CHL holders? What I mean is, the info is already there for the officer. I think that it should go without saying that notifying the officer should always be done, but now that I have my plastic, if I were to loose my wallet, or forget it at home, and Im pulled over with a gun in the vehicle, am I now in violation of the law? Yet someone without a CHL doesnt even have to notify the officer. Doesnt make sense to increase the punishment for a CHL holder, when someone without a CHL isnt even breaking the law. Sounds crazy. Of course, this is only for traveling, and not doing a WallyWalk without plastic, which as I understand it, would be UCW.