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I'm official. Got my plastic on 9/11. Did not do "official" wally walk, but I did do a good deal of concealed carrying in public over the weekend. My girlfriend was my spotter and subsequent heckler for my first days out in public while carrying. And now here I am, at the office, where there's a standing "no firearms" policy, already feeling naked without it. :-)

07/31/2010: CHL Class
08/09/2010: Mailed to DPS
08/19/2010: Online information Available
08/19/2010: Fingerprints Approved
09/07/2010: Background Check Complete
09/07/2010: Manufacturing
09/09/2010: Mailed
09/11/2010: Plastic

TedS787

CompVest wrote:Don't know where you are located but there is a gun show in Conroe at the Lone Star Convention Center.

Thanks for the info. We sometimes like to stay at a B&B in Montgomery for a quite weekend away from the city. However, we just got back from vacation and we're both looking forward to a nice weekend at home. I'm sure there will be other gun shows. :-)

Thanks,
TedS787

Looks like it's down to the USPS now. My status changed to "Mailed" today. I need to get on the ball and figure out what and how I'm going to carry. I wish there was a gun show in town this weekend so I could actually try on some of the holsters that I'm looking at.

07/31/2010: CHL Class
08/09/2010: Mailed to DPS
08/19/2010: Online information Available
08/19/2010: Fingerprints Approved
09/07/2010: Background Check Complete
09/07/2010: Manufacturing
09/09/2010: Mailed

TedS787

Seems like the DPS is really crankin'em out. My status changed to "Manufacturing" yesterday.
Woohoo!!! is right!
I was really expecting mine to take an extra long time, but it seems to be keeping time with everyone else this month.

07/31/2010: CHL Class
08/09/2010: Mailed to DPS
08/19/2010: Online information Available
08/19/2010: Fingerprints Approved
09/07/2010: Background Check Complete
09/07/2010: Manufacturing

TedS787

jackal858 wrote:

yotaguy wrote:Status went to mailed today! I hope all others in the August waiting room have a similar turn-around. I'm pleased, and a bit surprised.

I think all of us with these faster than normal turn arounds have been surprised. I was fully expecting 60+ days because of all the horror stories I had read on here. The DPS seems to have a lot of time on their hands these days.

I'd love to have mine turn around this fast, but my past has a blip in it that's about 26 years old. I'm sure it's going to take a while to track the details of that down. Maybe all you quick turn-around folks were passed quickly in order to fee up resources to work on mine.

TedS787

jackal858 wrote:Maybe you'll be one of those 25 day mailbox to mailbox people!

That would be great, but I'm keeping my expectations as low as possible. That way if it does end up being a quick turn around, it'll be a really nice surprise.

Now we're talkin'! Mine went from "not eligible to access this site" to "every thing's done but the back ground check" over night. It took 10 calendar days from the time I mailed my pack to get to this point. I'm glad they finally updated my stuff.

Okay... That was a nice little bit of excitement. Now it's back to waiting.

Teds787

So.... Checking Status....

I submitted my online app around the 29th of July. I mailed my paper work on the 9th of August. Since then I've been going to the "Texas Online" CHL site where "New Users" can "Apply" and "Returning Users" can "Login". I enter my TXDL#, SSN, and DOB and click the Login button as a Returning User. I get the message "You are not eligible for any services at this time. This may be due to an application in progress. If you think this is an error, please contact customer service." Am I accessing the right site? Am I in the right place? Am I getting the same response that others are getting before they start processing my packet? I'd hate to be doing all this waiting and checking based on the wrong site or something.

Thanks in advance,
teds787