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I was born and raised around guns, I will say to those of you that are nervous about carrying your gun that you are still preoccupied with the notion that theres somthing mystical or magical about guns or theres somthing taboo about owning/carrying them. The point in fact is this, it is nothing more than another tool like a pocket knife or a cellular phone, that gun is a worthless hunk of metal untill you decide otherwise, so while youre carrying it, its just like adding another cell phone to your belt. No, no one knows you have it, in fact, people just assume you dont because most people dont carry guns, not to mention that people generally wont give it enough thought to even question whether or not you have a gun(the though just never really comes to mind) unless youre doing somthing to arouse suspision, in which case you nullify the purpose of concealed carry. Relax, its just another cell phone.

Well all my stuffs green now, manufacture and shipping still pending, this is a pretty arduous process. In washington state(left wing whacko capital of the world), you go to your local sheriffs office on specified days, bring birth certificate, DL, SS card and whatnot, they print you, photo you and run your background check all in one 4 hour session and you leave with plastic in hand... So it CAN be done, they just dont want to invest the money into the infrastructure to make it happen. Plus the CHL's here are all pretty whereas up there its just a laminated piece of cardboard.

WOAH!!! IT WORKED!!!! All you need to do is belittle them in a public forum and now my background check has cleared!!!! Manufacturing pending!! woot!!!

I called them a while back and was told I had no reason to inquire about the status of my app untill the 60th day, and untill then they could give me no more information. I agree with NOS on evaluating the efficency of thier process, I think for the moment they've only got the two epileptic bipolar schizoeffective amputee midgets with IBS, terets, and down syndrome and a fancy for psychodelic drugs working these files for the whole state, and with the reported influx of applications ranging from lobbyists in Austin trying to get through security at the capital, to the common man who don't feel too good about the idea of being carjacked in dallas by a guy with a kitchen knife, they should streamline thier operation a bit. I didn't mean to come off offensive, but on this topic, this is the best place to vent.... I finally got my prints to go green, still waiting on background check and manufacture....

Am I the last one still lurking around in here? Still pending BG/FP... maybe i should call them...

Atleast I'm not alone...

Emailed them today, I got very generic answers back, though they were quick to respond, they told me nothing specific just "A technician still needs to determine if there is anything disqualifying on your background..."

No status change here either, tried calling them this morning to see if there was somthing I could do to help them along, I guess they're going to make me wait out the full 60 days, im on day 50 today.... background and fingerprints still pending....

Im still waiting, i think im going to call them on monday, this is rediculous.... I got a clean BC and digital FP's, this should be an easy enough deal to figure out for them, I wonder if they lost my application.......

Bleh, BC/FP still pending.. I wonder if my security clearance is gumming up the works.....

Wow, such obtuse critisism, whatever happened to "Right on dude, youre the man, I'm so glad you took the time to inspire me with your haiku, I wish I was like you, and my wife wants your autograph.... on her lower back!" or "Holy cow man, what a display of lyrical prowess, hows about a million dollars, and lifetime of royalties for the rights and have it played by a globally recognized superstar rock-band like 'Radiohead"

**P.S status still pending, it will be 30 days on the 30th of this month.

STATUS PENDING:
Here I am, I lay in wait, for a status from the state. Background pending, so are prints, is this just coincidence? My friends all packin, it took no time, one of which actually had some crimes. Here I'll stay untill status green... man... Austin can be so MEAN!! -me


Class taken 6/19/2010
Online application completed 6/20/2010
Digital prints taken "FAST" 6/21/2010
Sent certified on 6/25/2010
Recieved certified recipt on 6/30/2010
...STATUS PENDING.....

Class taken 6/19/2010
Online application completed 6/20/2010
Digital prints taken "FAST" 6/21/2010
Sent certified on 6/25/2010
Recieved certified recipt on 6/30/2010
Recieved above status today online...