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I presently have five CHLs (Texas) (Utah) (Connecticut) (New Hampshire) (Maine). The last three don't really get me into any place extra but that state itself. At one time I also had a Florida and Pennsylvania CHL, but they both became redundant as Texas and Utah reciprocity spread. There are others you can get, like Nevada, but you have to take instruction in Nevada. You can get Massachusetts by mail, but the cost is a total rip off for a non-resident. You can also get Rhode Island, but it only increases your range by that one state and I don't see the point in getting one for a state that I could drive across in less tim ethan it would take me to drive from Katy to Galveston - I could just go around the state. As things stand now, I am legal in 39 states, which includes the three you don't need any license for. I think there are few states that may soon offer CHLs and ultimatly non-resident CHLs, like Wisconsin, but I haven't really been keeping up with such things lately. I started off just needing a few extra states for travel, but then it became a little contest to see just how many states I could become legal in. It was easy get the ones for New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and I was told that in both of those states it is sometimes easier for an outsider to get a non-resident CHL than for a resident to get one - funny. What is amazing to me is how few officers know which other states Texas recognizes. You could probably show most any out of state license and get by unless you were acting like a fool or creating a disturbance. I would like satrrt pushing for reciprocity for any state that offers a CHL, but doesn't offer non-resident CHLs, like California, New York, Oregon, etc.

TEX