But DUI/DWI isn't the only conviction for which you will lose your CHL for 5 years (or is it 7?). Any misdemeanor conviction will cost you your CHL. You write hot checks and are convicted of a misdemeanor, your CHL is going to be revoked, even though no firearm was involved in your crime. That is the cost of being a CHL holder. We are expected to keep our noses clean. It doesn't mean we can't own firearms. It doesn't mean we can't carry in our vehicle via the MPA. It means we can't carry everywhere a CHL holder can carry, because we disqualified ourselves.plannuier wrote:If I understand Texas law correctly, if you are convicted for DWI you will lose your drivers license for 1 year max (first offense), and you will also lose your CHL for 5 years. It makes no sense to me that you will be allowed access to the tool used to break the law in the first place long before you regain your right to carry a gun which was not used in the commission of the original crime.
If I were a cynical person, I'd say DWI conviction is just another excuse that the statists will use to infringe upon one's Second Amendment rights.
It's not a perfect system, but it is what we have. And we're not going to change that system by fighting it from an inferior position.