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Mailed 3/13/13

CHL Class and online application 1/19
Paper work mailed 1/24
Finger prints 1/31
Status changed to Back Ground Under Review on 2/14
Background check completed, manufacturing pending on 3/10

jmra wrote:Be sure to keep us updated. Hope it all works out.

Will do, thanks!

Class completed 1/19 Fingerprints scheduled, app and fee paid!
Also bought a gun and passed the NCIS. check with no problems.

Crossfire wrote:Av8rtx -

A deferred adjudication for a non-violent felony is a disqualifier for 10 years. A violent felony, burglary of a habitation, or violation of a protective order is still a forever disqualifier. I don't blame you for not disclosing the details here, but the charge you were convicted of would make the difference.

A felony conviction for an offense that is now classified as a misdemeanor is not a disqualifier.

A DWI disqualifies you for 5 years.

A PI is a Class C misdemeamor, and is not a problem.

Welcome to the forum, and Merry Christmas to you!

Thank you, I'm going to roll the dice and apply. The DPS web site records check only shows one thing but I suppose they do a more thorough check when the time comes-merry Christmas

Thank you for your kindness Thomas and candor JP171, this is not the only forum I belong to so I am certain more replies will come. I have worked enough with various government entities to know they don't always get it right and I recognize the importance of reading a statute carefully-missing a punctuation mark can change the whole meaning! Having 2 other licenses issued to me that involve trust and judgement are gratifying and validating for sure. The decision to pursue a non disclosure or set aside, or even a pardon (unlikely) is based on more than just a CHL, it would be emotionally satisfying but of very little real consequence since my past is old enough to not prohibit employment to housing, or anything else other than, perhaps, the CHL

Greetings and Merry Christmas! I am new to the forum but have been around firearms all my life, shotguns and rifles. Not much experience with handguns but my Mother has gotten deep into target shooting and this has lead her to buy more guns, she lives alone in a rural area and the discussion of a CHL came up. She is in Kansas, I am in Texas.

I have read through many pages on this forum to avoid re-asking the same questions and have read carefully the CHL-16.

My "history" is right at thirty years old. I have a deferred adjudication for a felony-not domestic violence or any other violence, that has been successfully served-nearing the thirty year mark. There is also an old burglary of a motor vehicle, a felony in 1983 but I understand the same offense is now a misdemeanor-once again approaching the thirty year mark. (I am NOT a thief, but was a clumsy drunken kid) And to top it all off a DWI from the same time and 2 PI's (that year after high school was a doozy).
As I read the CHL-16 the deferred is over 10 years old and should be fine, the burg is now considered a misdemeanor-if I have read that correctly and should also be fine, the DWI is old enough as well. So I guess my question is: Should I;
A.-Give up the whole idea
B-pay a huge amount of money for an order of non disclosure on the deferred and to Set aside the Burg. or
C-take the class and send in the app with full disclosure of course and hope for the best.

The information I have regarding the non disclosure order and set aside come from an online "eligibility test" for a lawyer advertising this service so some skepticism is warranted.

An old friend from high school is now an LEO and teaches a CHL class, I will probably go into more detail with him after the holiday than I will on a web forum.

As a side note I currently hold a state issued counseling license, a Private Pilot's license and pass annual background checks for my license and job working with TDCJ offenders.

Thank you for your attention and some great holiday reading!