Introduce yourself

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Mustang-PaPa
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WildBill wrote:
Mustang-PaPa wrote:Hello all! I've been pretty active on most of the larger forums over the years. Many may know me from some of those. Decided to join this forum after finding it a few days ago. CHL is an important right IMO. I own and collect many brands and types of guns. Just like good quality guns. Happily married and getting quite a large number of grandkids that are a blast. Been retired for quite a few years now and enjoy gardening and yard work. Just wish we would be rid of all this 100* heat and no rain. Kinda hard to make things look good when it's all you can do to keep them alive.
Welcome to the forum PaPa. Is your wife Mustang-Sally? "rlol"
Thats a good one but she goes by Mustang-MiMi
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Re: Introduce yourself

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Mustang-PaPa wrote:
WildBill wrote:
Mustang-PaPa wrote:Hello all! I've been pretty active on most of the larger forums over the years. Many may know me from some of those. Decided to join this forum after finding it a few days ago. CHL is an important right IMO. I own and collect many brands and types of guns. Just like good quality guns. Happily married and getting quite a large number of grandkids that are a blast. Been retired for quite a few years now and enjoy gardening and yard work. Just wish we would be rid of all this 100* heat and no rain. Kinda hard to make things look good when it's all you can do to keep them alive.
Welcome to the forum PaPa. Is your wife Mustang-Sally? "rlol"
Thats a good one but she goes by Mustang-MiMi
Mustang-MiMi is more appropriate. :thumbs2:
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GrannyOakley
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Re: Introduce yourself

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Age- Old enough
Gender- Female
Profession - retired caterer
Marital status - Married to natgas; 2 children, 3 grandchildren
Years CHL - 2 years in OK; just took my TX CHL class - YAY!
Carry guns/equipment - Carry gun is S&W 38 Bodyguard; love to shoot my 2 cowboy guns; on my wishlist - Kimber Ultra Crimson Carry II
Also a member of 2 cooking forums, so this one will be a bit different ;-)
A gun is not a weapon, Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher's knife or a harpoon, or... or an alligator. Homer Simpson

bcannon87
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New fella here from East Texas!

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Occupation: Sargent of Correctional Officers
CHL: 3yrs
Carry weapons: XD40 in a Desantis Cozy Partner and a XD40SC also in a cozy partner.
Kids: None yet.

So howdy to everybody! I have been interested in guns all my life. I am also about to start the process of getting my Type 01 and Type 06 FFL and start my own busniess. I look forward to conversating with y'all!

tpw1978
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Age: 33
Gender: Male
Location: San Antonio
Occupation: Jack of many trades but master of none. Currently unemployed. I do posses a CDL with tanker and doubles/triples endorsements and am a self taught web developer (mainly PHP and MySQL).
CHL: Have not taken the course yet.
Carry weapons: None yet. Looking at either a G23 or a XD40sc, but will be test driving others to get what fits me.
Kids: 3. Daughter is 15 and my boys are 5 y/o and 6 months.

I recently found out that some trouble I got into when I was 19 does not affect my eligibility to own, but more importantly to carry. (Thanks to some very thorough info on these boards.) I am actually more of a rifle guy, but feel that self defense and home protection are very important. After all, crazies are gonna come out of the wood works in December...lol. All that being said, I would love to train for competition shooting. Rifles and handguns. I enlisted in the Army when I was 18 and through my own stupidity was generally discharged. It was an entry level separation so I receive no vet benefits. My MOS was 11x (infantry) and I had high hopes to go airborne Rangers. I shot extremely well and still wish I had not messed up my military career. I would love to have attended sniper school. Sad to say but hindsight really is 20/20. If I had half the knowledge I do now when I was 18.....well I'm sure you all understand.

Side note: My only means of transportation unless I ride somewhere with the wife is my 2010 HD Dyna Wide Glide.

Anyways, glad to be here and I look forward to bending some of your ears along the way.

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Hello everyone, new member here from Houston

Age: 30
Gender: Male
Occupation: Subsea Engineer
CHL: 1 month
Carry weapons: Sig P938/crossbreed mini tuck
Marital Status: Engaged

AlfaBrewer
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Age: 39
Gender: Male
Profession/school status: Quality Engineer for a medical device manufacturer (spinal and orthopedic implants)
Marital status: yes, happily for 14 years
Kids: 2 girls, 6 1/2 (VERY important to include the 1/2) and 3.
CHL: 4 months
Texas State Representative House District: 63, Tan Parker - one of my dad's favorites when he was in office
Congressional District: 26, Dr. Michael Burgess - outstanding guy
Carry guns/equipment: me - Taurus M327 - .327 Federal Magnum - 6 shot revolver in an Alabama Holster Co. Offside
wife - M&P Shield 9mm - still figuring out how to carry it on her person

When I purchased my pistol safe, I was looking at places in the closet to put it. My wife said "shouldn't it be close to the bed so they're easy to get to?" I love my wife.
I may not be very smart, but I can lift heavy things.
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Plik wrote: Occupation: Subsea Engineer
Oil industry? I am an IT Manager for Operations systems; work in downtown Houston.

Welcome.
Alex
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Plik
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Re: Introduce yourself

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77346 wrote:
Plik wrote: Occupation: Subsea Engineer
Oil industry? I am an IT Manager for Operations systems; work in downtown Houston.

Welcome.
Yes sir, subsea completion systems. I just recently made the move to an operator, I'll be working downtown at the end of September.

youngun
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Howdy Y'all

21
Male
Senior at Texas A&M University (Whoop!) studying technology management
Non-licensed yet, but hope to be in about a month :) Gotta send off my paperwork
Currently debating between Ruger SR9 and Springfield XD9, although I haven't looked at anything bigger than a 9 yet
:woohoo

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Age: 28
Gender: Male
Location: Houston
Occupation: Senior Account Manager for a Security Company
CHL: Sent in on 8/27/12.
Weapons Owned: S&W Shield .40, Sig Saur P238, Glock G26.
CHL Status:
8/21/12 Online Application
8/23/12 Live Scan
8/25/12 Class
8/27/12 Sent to Austin
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Re: Introduce yourself

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youngun wrote:Howdy Y'all

21
Male
Senior at Texas A&M University (Whoop!) studying technology management
Non-licensed yet, but hope to be in about a month :) Gotta send off my paperwork
Currently debating between Ruger SR9 and Springfield XD9, although I haven't looked at anything bigger than a 9 yet
:woohoo
Welcome! There are a few Aggies floating around here. :thumbs2: I'm Class of '09 myself. I'll actually be back in CS for the Florida game this weekend. :mrgreen:

Welcome to the forum, it is a fantastic resource. I joined this site when I was senior at A&M too. :tiphat:
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30's Male
Another Aggie here. Profession involves a large nonprofit located in DFW. Don't want to get more specific and incriminate myself.
Married, 3 year old son
As of 9/5/12 background check is under review
Carry guns/equipment: Still working on this. I've got more hunting paraphernalia than anything, but in the market for a small carry gun as I need something tuckable on a small frame. I've got a Ruger p95 and an old .38 special, neither of which are very concealable in clothing required for my work/life. I'd buy a Shield if I ever came across one, and in lieu of that, have been looking at the CM9.
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Whoop! Welcome! :thumbs2:

loganlane
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Age-35
Gender-Male
Location-Fort Worth
Profession-Analyst
Marital Status-Married with 4 children (all boys), Twins are 13, middle child is 8, and the youngest is 6
CHL-I just mailed off my paperwork on 8/22
Carry-I haven’t figured this out yet. The more I read here, the more I change my mind. My initial thought was subcompact for conceal purposes, but I’ve about come around to the idea of that being my BUG. I was considering the Beretta PX4 Storm subcompact, but if it’s not my primary then I will go with the Sig P238. At this point, the only pistol I own is a Glock 32.
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