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Did mine last night, and second carry this morning.

Went to Burnet, TX for Main St. Bethlehem and then a restaurant afterwards. This morning took it to church and then a restaurant for breakfast.

Good deal, congrats! Feels good, doesn't it?

I really liked my passport photos as they actually looked like me too. Talked to the good folks at DPS and they said that there was a problem on their end with the second set of passport photos. Something happened when the scanned them in (don't know what, maybe the scanner ate them or something) and they decided to just grab my driver's license photo so I wouldn't have to pay to get more photos taken and waste time waiting around. If I did want it with a different picture, the nice lady I spoke with said that she could accommodate me if I sent in the photos to her but I declined.

Walked out to the mailbox today (in the snow) and found my plastic!

Almost 5 months from the date I took the class... I don't understand why they had me re-do my passport photos (claiming the originals were grainy/blurry) because they didn't use them on my CHL license. They used the photo from my driver's license, which is 4 1/2 years old (and has me clean shaven -- I've worn a full beard for 3 1/2 years now).

Timeline:
July 15, 2009 - CHL Class
August 3 , 2009 - Application Submitted (lots of personal stuff went on in July)
September 10, 2009 - Application Returned: fingerprint issues
October 6, 2009 - Application Returned: photos grainy/blurry
December 4, 2009 - CHL License in hand

Still waiting on the postal service to deliver the plastic, but I was getting my Kel-Tec PF-9 all cleaned up in anticipation of the Wally Walk when to my surprise I find that the firing pin has broken on it. Never did any dry fire without snap caps, but I've probably dry fired it (with snap caps) in excess of 1,000 times. Around 260 live rounds through it. Looks like I'll have to send it out to Kel-Tec for repair. Luckily I've got my Bersa Thunder 380 in the meantime. It's a little larger in size and about twice the weight of the PF-9 but will do until I get the firing pin fixed. Luckily I've still got some .380ACP because I haven't seen any in around 5 months.

Internet says Application complete, now just have to wait for the postman to deliver the early Christmas present and do a Wally Walk :)

July 15, 2009 - CHL Class
August 3 , 2009 - Application Submitted (lots of personal stuff went on in July)
September 10, 2009 - Application Returned: fingerprint issues
October 6, 2009 - Application Returned: photos grainy/blurry
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Still waiting for plastic so I can do my Wally World walk. I've got a Kel-Tec PF-9 for daily carry, with either a Desantis Nemesis or a PocketPal holster (depending on the pants pocket).

Other firearms: Walther P22, Ruger MKIII, S&W Sigma 9mm, Stoeger Cougar .40, Bersa Thunder 380.