September 2009 Applications

[ammo two]

Wow, congrats! This must make the 4 or 5th posting with an approval today. Good news.

[cohiba550]

Just got home from work and did my daily check.........Application Completed - license issued or certificate active
Should be here in a few days!

[jsimmons]

jsimmons, I hear ya. Just getting a bit anxious as the 60 day mark approaches. Have you heard anything more on yours?

Kinda. I got this from my state rep's aide:

"The application was delayed because, on the application file you had failed to note a criminal history and there were discrepancies of some sort with the photographs submitted. A notice of delay concerning this was sent to you and according to the liaison the issues have been clarified sufficiently that a license will be issued. Because of these problems however the normal 60 day time frame has been extended. In this case they estimate your license will be issued in approximately two weeks."

0) I did NOT fail to note criminal history - I had two traffic-oriented arrests 30 and 25 years ago in California, and I put those on my application.

1) There was NO letter sent regarding a delay because of it.

2) New photos were sent back (via registered return receipt mail) the day after getting their letter claiming my picture was pixelated (which it WASN'T).

3) If they had started processing the application when they received it instead of waiting THREE WEEKS, it would have been done by now (and well within their own 60-day time frame, and even with the false pixelation claim).

I know, I sound like a broken record, but government processes annoy me to no end, especially when I already find anything else associated with the whole process absurd and unconstitutional.

If what the state rep's aide said is true, I should have at least an approval status by the week after Thanksgiving, but my whole point is that it shouldn't have taken this long.

[ammo two]

Congrats cohiba!

Jsimmons, I hear you. The process can be a painful one. I haven't heard a word from them yet either way, leading me to suspect that there are no issues with prints, pics or background (today is day 54). You can believe that I will be doing the same thing you did, 6 days from now, if I don't see a positive change in my status.

[Tha_Veteran]

JSsimmons what was wrong with the first pics?

[jsimmons]

JSsimmons what was wrong with the first pics?

They said the photos were "pixelated" (which they weren't). Funny how none of the other people in my CHL class had problems with their photos (taken with the same camera, background, lighting, and camera settings)...

You know what they do with the photos? They scan them into a digital format and reduce them in size so they can put them on your license (like they do for your driver's license). Anyone with any experience in computer imaging knows that any pixelation that might appear in the original image will be reduced/eliminated when said image is reduced.

My position is that the rejection was arbitrary.

[Tha_Veteran]

Sounds like payback for not entering the arrest info.

[Kevinf2349]

Sounds like payback for not entering the arrest info.

No...it is because you don't want to Wally Walk!

Hang on in there, it is worth the wait. If that is all they can whine about you are doing OK.

[jsimmons]

Sounds like payback for not entering the arrest info.

But I *did* enter the arrest info. I think it's just that my app was on top of the stack when they said "Find something wrong with the next one".

[karl]

Woo! Application Completed - license issued or certificate active, 11/21/09

Edit: got the date wrong

[81aggie]

Congratulations Karl! Looks like DPS is finally catching up. Time to go camp out by the mailbox!

[ammo two]

Woo! Application Completed - license issued or certificate active, 11/21/09

Edit: got the date wrong

Congrats Karl!

[ammo two]

Day 56 and counting.....

[karl]

It came in this morning. Just got back from Spectre Firearms with my new M-tac Minotaur... I need a wardrobe change, all my shirts are too small to hide "gun" from my side

And it's not just newbie worries, it's legitimate, I'll post pictures later. Anyway, WOOHOO! ammotwo hang in there!

[arnoldstrong]

It came in this morning. Just got back from Spectre Firearms with my new M-tac Minotaur... I need a wardrobe change, all my shirts are too small to hide "gun" from my side

And it's not just newbie worries, it's legitimate, I'll post pictures later. Anyway, WOOHOO! ammotwo hang in there!

CONGRATS!!!!