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Hope you get your CHL soon. It feels like forever to get it in you hands, but once you do, it makes it worth the wait! Good luck and keep us posted on your progress. Also be sure to let us know about your Wallywalk when you get your plastic.cableguy wrote:At this point months seem like days. Its wierd but it really dosent feel like it has been 60 plus days untill I think about it.
I don't think there are any left in the June room now, but I may be wrong. It's been a long wait for me I sent my application in on June 16th also. I just found out that I have to put off my Wallywalk until tomorrow. I have to take care of some business this afternoon. However, tomorrow I have to go get some ammo and some hunting supplies for the upcoming season, and then go meet some friends at the range. So I'll be carrying all day tomorrow!i8godzilla wrote:Congrads! My wife also received hers today! We both sent in the application at the same time(Jun 16). I received mine 30 days ago.NOS wrote:Well, I walked out to see the mailman dropping off some letters in my mailbox. I opened the box slowly with my fingers crossed... THERE IT WAS!!!
I'm going to go on my wallywalk in a few minutes! Thanks to all for putting up with my impatience through this ordeal! I wanted to have my CHL before I went on vacation this year in early august, but it wasn't meant to be. At least I have it for this coming Labor Day Weekend!
I'll post my wallywalk later today. Wish me luck!
Are the many left in the June Room?
Texasfinest wrote:Not necessarily. I have been around guns all my life, too, but it was always away from people who didn't have and didn't like guns. I don't believe that there is anything magical about guns at all. I do know, however, that there are those in our society, even in Texas, who are so rabid anti-gun that if they ever did see even part of one, they would go into a full panic attack. If there needs to be evidence of that, the Eric Scott situation in Las Vegas is a reminder. Someone saw his gun and overreacted, or at least it appears that way from the reports that have been available so far.chasfm11 wrote:[quote="prometheus"....I will say to those of you that are nervous about carrying your gun that you are still preoccupied with the notion that theres somthing mystical or magical about guns or theres somthing taboo about owning/carrying them......
No, for me it is all about whether the concealment works or not. Even the old hands at it have told me that they "learned" how not to reach high with their strong side. I really do believe that there is some learning and acclimation involved. I have a full sized Ford van and I think I've learned how to get in and out without letting the seat pull my shirt up in the back. I agree that printing is not a concern but actual disclosure is. Only today did I feel comfortable washing the windshield of the van while I was getting gas. I've figured out how to get to the center of the windshield with the squeege without getting my shirt up above my belt line. I was hunting for something and ended up doing at double Wally Walk (two different stores) this past Monday - in the middle of 100s of parents and kids. I'm comfortable walking but I was more than a little nervous with the number of people in such close quarters to me. Others have been reported being bumped and not detected but I'm not quite ready for that just yet. Yes, it is a mental thing for me I can just imagine junior bumping into me and asking his mother "does he have a gun?" Kids are not always as oblivious to things as their parents.
I'm sure that, over time, I'll not worry any more. Until then, there will be extra little tug on my shirt tail if I make an unusual move with my upper body. I'm not nervous, just cautious. There is a difference between those two.
I totally agree with you chasfm11. I dont find anything mystical or magical about guns or somthing taboo about owning/carrying them. I don't have the problem its the people around me that I feel will have a problem. I don't want people to overact. If I was still in the Army and not around civilians all day it probably wouldn't be a problem. Since I am not I get a little cautious. Like chasfm11 I need a little more time to feel comfortable. So until then I know that I will still be tugging on my shirt from time to time lol
I'm only worried about the people around me that might over react if they spotted my gun. 
Congrats! Let us know how it goes!Texasfinest wrote:Well I'm no longer waiting I finaly have PIH!!!!! Wally Walk here I come!
prometheus wrote: I think for the moment they've only got the two epileptic bipolar schizoeffective amputee midgets with IBS, terets, and down syndrome and a fancy for psychodelic drugs working these files for the whole state
Hmm... Why didn't I think about doing that. When in doubt, go over their heads!baldeagle wrote:Well, I got fed up with waiting, so I went to the Governor's website and filled out a form to request help. The next day I received a copy of a letter sent to the head of the DPS asking them to investigate. Two business days later DPS called me (today) and said that my background check had cleared and I should have my CHL in hand in ten days. She gave me her name and asked me to please call her if I did not receive it within ten days.Texasfinest wrote:I think that makes them mad and they go even slower!TexasFTW wrote:I'm also still here waiting. I guess I'll call them again in a few weeks but I'm not sure that has any effect on the speed on the background check.
So complaining to the right office got me action immediately.
But at least I'm on the last leg of the process before manufacture. I'm thinking it will go through this week, but I'm not holding my breath 
I'm still here! I finally called them Wednesday about the holdup, and got the news that the fingerprints were good and that they just haven't updated my status online. I'm still waiting on the BG check though. I've checked my status and they still haven't updated it to show the fingerprints yet. I'm praying that this next week I see some results. I still can't believe that there are people that sent in their paperwork in mid July and got their CHL in the mail WEEKS agocableguy wrote:No I am also here.prometheus wrote:Am I the last one still lurking around in here? Still pending BG/FP... maybe i should call them...
I'm in the same boat as you...Texasfinest wrote:I have a question to ask. Once it hit day 60 and my status still shows background under review what do I do next because it seems like its heading that way.
To top it all off, I'm leaving for vacation at the end of the week. I was really wanting to have my CHL by then. Last years vacation presented the two incidents that prompted me to finally get my CHL. I pray that nothing happens while I'm on vacation out of state and not carrying.budroux2w wrote:There's a lot of us in this boat. I'm going on 2 months....NOS wrote:Texasfinest wrote:Time is going by so slow! It will be a month in 3 days since DPS received my packet. Where is a time machine when you need one.
Texasfinest wrote:Time is going by so slow! It will be a month in 3 days since DPS received my packet. Where is a time machine when you need one.
I'm on a month and 9 days myself. I feel your pain.
