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To the OP, your question is legitimate.

I have a family member who is in his early 50's has been diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome for most of his life and has been on medication to control his "tic's"-repetitive head, neck and arm motions. I am not sure exactly what the classification of Tourette's is but I don't think it's psychiatric but neurologic???

Other than his tic's he a normal person.

He owns firearms, has all his life and has no criminal record, has recently purchased another handgun and was thinking of getting his CHL in Louisiana.

Not knowing if he would be disqualified due to his Tourette's/medication, I did not want to discourage him from trying to get it. But it did make me wonder hypothetically would he be able to get it in TX.

I am not concerned in the least over him owning firearms or having a CHL.

I don't think tic's and "impulse control" are the same thing, and other than that the meds issue and how it affects him are the only thing that I can see that might apply to his case, of course, I'm not his doctor and I don't have all his medical records. All I can say to him is apply and see what happens and see what other hoops he might have to jump through to get it.

TX CHL Eligibility

(d) For purposes of Subsection (a)(7), a person is incapable of exercising sound
judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun if the person:
(1) has been diagnosed by a licensed physician as suffering from a psychiatric
disorder or condition that causes or is likely to cause substantial impairment in
judgment, mood, perception, impulse control, or intellectual ability;
(2) suffers from a psychiatric disorder or condition described by Subdivision
(1) that:
(A) is in remission but is reasonably likely to redevelop at a future time; or
(B) requires continuous medical treatment to avoid redevelopment;
(3) has been diagnosed by a licensed physician, determined by a review
board or similar authority, or declared by a court to be incompetent to manage
the person’s own affairs; or
(4) has entered in a criminal proceeding a plea of not guilty by reason of
insanity.
(e) The following constitutes evidence that a person has a psychiatric disorder or
condition described by Subsection (d)(1):
(1) involuntary psychiatric hospitalization;
(2) psychiatric hospitalization;
(3) inpatient or residential substance abuse treatment in the preceding five year
period;
(4) diagnosis in the preceding five-year period by a licensed physician that
the person is dependent on alcohol, a controlled substance, or a similar
substance; or
(5) diagnosis at any time by a licensed physician that the person suffers or
has suffered from a psychiatric disorder or condition consisting of or relating to:
(A) schizophrenia or delusional disorder;
(B) bipolar disorder;
(C) chronic dementia, whether caused by illness, brain defect, or brain
injury;
(D) dissociative identity disorder;
(E) intermittent explosive disorder; or
(F) antisocial personality disorder.
(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a person who has previously been diagnosed
as suffering from a psychiatric disorder or condition described by Subsection (d)
or listed in Subsection (e) is not because of that disorder or condition incapable
of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a
handgun if the person provides the department with a certificate from a licensed
physician whose primary practice is in the field of psychiatry stating that the
psychiatric disorder or condition is in remission and is not reasonably likely to
develop at a future time.