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bones281 wrote:I'm not sure if they purge the system, but I've seen people on there that have listing from years ago. As far as getting access I had to go through my department head and they sent my application to DPS for authorization. The way I see it if DPS were to run a DL it should link them to TxGang if they're listed on there.

It sounds like you don't know how they get added to the list.
It also sounds like they don't get purged (ever).

Is a list that you can be added to without judicial oversight that can restrict your right to carry a firearm something that you'd support?

Not trying to be insulting... But if so, you trust your government much more than I do..

Bones,
How do you get into this system? Is it by association / observation? Or is it by actual judicial conviction? Is the data purged after 5-years of being clean - meaning erased?

No one here wants active violent criminals to be licensed to carry firearms. But clearly there are many of us who don't want to put our gun rights in the hands of anyone working for the government without some level of judicial oversight.

Abraham wrote:nightmare69 ,
Some of us (for instance, you...) can identify a dirtbag when you see a dirtbag.

I'll admit that I can't. Some of the biggest dirtbags on the planet tend to wear suits and ties and are much more dangerous to our wallets than a someone who wears less acceptable forms of clothing.

I'm fine with LTC getting taken away if gang membership is proven through a judicial process. I just don't want to shift the burden of proof the other way by abusing the legal process.

What do you do with "gang members" who turn their lives around and have no criminal record? Are they banned for life?