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Charles L. Cotton wrote:

ErnieP wrote:

stevie_d_64 wrote:Ok, for my next trick...

What about the out of state permitees and licensees???

The folks we have reciprocity with???

Their "plastic" may be a little different than our domestic "plastic"...Their info may not be readable by our system...

Are they going to be subjected to an embarassing, and public scrutiny to have access to our state facility when they visit???

If their "plastic" is not compatable with our machines...

Just a thought...

I'm sure Charles knows, but are out-of-state CHL holders treated the same as Texas CHLs?

That's not possible. A Texas CHL will swipe their license and it instantly confirms an active CHL by sending a query to DPS computers. This isn't possible with out of state licenses.

Chas.

And that is my concern...I feel even more for the folks we have reciprocity with than the domestic Texas licenses...I feel they will receive more attention than we will...To me reciprocity means equal consideration and courtesy...Maybe we can figure something out for them in this case...I believe they should be afforded the same discretion as we will receive...

But that's just my opinion...

Ok, for my next trick...

What about the out of state permitees and licensees???

The folks we have reciprocity with???

Their "plastic" may be a little different than our domestic "plastic"...Their info may not be readable by our system...

Are they going to be subjected to an embarassing, and public scrutiny to have access to our state facility when they visit???

If their "plastic" is not compatable with our machines...

Just a thought...

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

davidtx wrote:

gemini wrote:I saw a short video on the news the other night. It showed the DPS officers manning the check points.
It also showed a good sized sign on the entry lane "CHL here". They may as well put a hunter orange
pirate hat on your head. If you were trying to be discrete.
I think metal detectors at the Texas capital is totally unnecessary and a huge waste of tax payer money.
If our state legislators are that afraid of the voting population............
What's next? Removal of footwear, belts etc etc.....airport style security?

According to Charles Cotton's post, CHL holders go through the SAME line as employees. I would expect most folks going through that line to be employees.

Correct; the line is for employees and CHL's and as you say, the ratio of employees to CHL's will be huge. Except of course when 3,000 lobbyists get a CHL so they can avoid the long lines!

Chas.

Is that a good thing???

An armed lobbyist??? Present company excluded of course...

BTW, is there anything to be amended this next session to SB501, to account for this "change"???

I am no fan at all of "special" treatment or screening procedures for CHL's in any government building (like the Public works building in Houston, as an example)...I am pulled aside, asked the caliber of my weapon (for their records), what my business is, when I am carrying project plans for signatures right in front of them...And I am "specially" badged if I go to visit my city counselman...All of this AFTER SB501 was passed into law...

Now this???

If the solution is to have a special line for CHL's to pass through, is it still through a metal detector or wanding anyway??? How absolutely assinine!!! But no disrespect to the effort to get this implemented as a solution to the nervous ninnies in that facility...I just believe this is a band-aid fix...

These are the initial thoughts I have on this...I may have a few more, depends on my blood sugar level, and my general attitude...