Getting my CHL back after DWI Suspension

[Dwhale5150]

OP I would get some legal advice from somebody licensed to practice law in The State Of Texas. Every situation is different.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

Good idea. Kinda looks like I'll have to wait another 2 years. But you're right, I should get some professional advice before I settle with waiting another couple years to try to get it back. I still keep my handgun in my truck everywhere I go and my wife has her CHL and carries when we're out and about so I never really feel vulnerable.

Thanks for the comment. Take Care.

Doug.

[OldCurlyWolf]

We were all first-time posters. All good people have done things in the past that they regret.

Early on in my posts here I wandered into that country where Charles allows no one to enter.
Got my comeuppance, apologized and the next time I messed up, went back and deleted the post myself.
Trying to abide ever since then and doing a credible job of it.

[Dwhale5150]

Also you'll be pleased to know that the first time you took the class it was likely an all-day type affair.

Now it will likely only set you back about a half a day.

Hmmm...Didn't know THAT! That's AWESOME news! You are right, but actually my first course was a two day (Saturday and Sunday) deal. A day and a half classroom and a half day at the range.

Thanks!! God Bless!!

[Dwhale5150]

OP has one and only one post. Is it just me or does there seem to be more one posters with questions like this lately?

Hard to be MORE than a "one poster" when you're new to a forum...and at the time have only ONE question for a group of folks that you ASSUME to be like-minded. Where else can a guy start but with ONE post?

Without knowing your schedule it is difficult, but it seemed as though a "one poster' might be all you turned out to be. However, it appears we may have similar schedules and that is why you hadn't responded to anything sooner.

Regardless, some of us are a little bit skeptical/wary when someone posts a question similar to yours and then disappears or lurks just to see the responses and then reposts some of them to anti-gun sites usually attempting to make us look like kooks.

Maybe I was wrong this time.

I understand. Truth is though...when you're looking for answers and go to a forum that seems to be filled with the right people to ask and immediately you're hit with "Troll" comments and then worse were the other ignorant comments that aren't worth even repeating it makes for a pretty Un-friendly & Un-welcoming experience. All from people you THOUGHT were gonna be like minded and "on your team"!!

Maybe folks should hold their tongue (or typing fingers) and negative thoughts and opinions until there's a little more information.
But I get it...Open, public forum. There's always gonna be an DONKEY or two in the room!! LOL

[Dwhale5150]

If he does and decides to do something stupid with a gun he will do it with or without a CHL, so why keep him from getting it.

Because if anybody (not necessarily the OP) does something stupid with a CHL, it figuratively and literally (in the DPS convictions data) reflects badly on the rest of us.

Which is why we shouldn’t need a license to carry. If someone does something stupid and speeds you want them to lose their license to carry? How about watering their lawn on the wrong day? If you can get your drivers license back after a DWI in less than 5 years, what the heck does a LTC matter. Since almost everything in a felony these days and you probably commit several per day without knowing it, I don’t think any misdemeanor should bar gun ownership, carry, or purchase.

This was a Class B Misdemeanor. Not a felony.
I did not lose the ability (RIGHT) to own or purchase...(I've bought 3 guns in the five years since my offense) Only lost my CHL for 5 years.
I have a LOT of buddies who are cops (City of Hou, Harris County Sherriff Dpty., Constables and DPS...) and even confirmed with several of them (mainly my DPS buddy) that I was still legally allowed to carry my firearm in my vehicle...Just couldn't carry on my person for 5 years. Paid the price for a big screw up. Now I just want to get back to life as I knew it before my mistake.

I don’t think a lousy Class B should cause anyone to lose their LTC for 5 days much less 5 yrs. Most states don’t either...

Yeah, well...I knew that you couldn't have anything Class B or "worse" within 5 years of getting your CHL in the first place. But I was so new to legal problems, I had no idea that the DWI was a Class B. And I had NO IDEA that I had to send them my actual license BEFORE THEY DEMANDED IT...much less WHERE to send it until my DPS buddy told me about it!! So if I hafta wait another two years because I didn't send it to them before they asked for it...THAT REALLY SUCKS!
I don't remember being taught that in the class. But whatever...there's nothing I can do about it.

Take care man.

[Dwhale5150]

I don't want anyone you has had the lack of judgement to have committed a felony or receive a DUI to process a firearm. How am I assured they won't have another moment when the can't behave responsibly?

I am not one to judge, and in my opinion, one DWI arrest, should not be a disqualifyer for a new CHL. The OP has evidently not committed the same offense for the past 5 years, and has paid his debt to society. He will continue to pay in higher insurance premiums, and a lower number of employment opportunities. I have no qualms with him getting a new CHL, and he simply asked about the process for doing so.

I don't know if I told yo already. But thank you for your "vote of confidence". As you said, I was only asking about the process...

Take Care.

[Dwhale5150]

Let me start by saying I've never had a DUI/DWI. However, there are those who get one for downing a bunch of drinks and whipping their car down the road, fully a menace to society. Then there are those who had a couple too many, tried to sleep it off in the car, had the keys on them, and were arrested for having the ability to operate the vehicle, even though they didn't. I've known people who got busted for both. The former most likely presents a much greater hazard than the latter. Just an observation.

Very well stated. I can't say that I was trying to be as safe as the person who might just be parked, trying to sleep it off etc...I was driving under the influence. Period. I was guilty. I wasn't FEELING the effects of the alcohol altho I was over the legal limit. It's not like I was on a joy ride, blasting down the road, throwing beer bottles at police cars...

What a couple people were insinuating was that since I lost my CHL, I MUST have been doing something irresponsible involving my handgun. Apparently, it's just because they do not understand the way the law works. Had I been guilty of ANY Class B Misdemeanor (or anything worse), whether it involved a gun or not...they would have suspended my CHL.

Truth is...In my possession earlier that day was my Browning over and under 12ga., my AR and my Glock .40 cal. I purposely left them at the cabin when I left to go get something to eat. They definitely would've confiscated them all...THAT would've sucked BAD!!

[J.R.@A&M]

If he does and decides to do something stupid with a gun he will do it with or without a CHL, so why keep him from getting it.

Because if anybody (not necessarily the OP) does something stupid with a CHL, it figuratively and literally (in the DPS convictions data) reflects badly on the rest of us.

Which is why we shouldn’t need a license to carry. If someone does something stupid and speeds you want them to lose their license to carry? How about watering their lawn on the wrong day? If you can get your drivers license back after a DWI in less than 5 years, what the heck does a LTC matter. Since almost everything in a felony these days and you probably commit several per day without knowing it, I don’t think any misdemeanor should bar gun ownership, carry, or purchase.

Sorry, I didn't quote ldj1002 precisely enough. I meant, as he said, and an LTC'd person doing something stupid with a gun (not speeding ticket nor watering on the wrong day). There is a collective reputational and maybe political cost to that.

[TomV]

Best wishes on a good deer season this year. I already have one doe down this year and I'll be back out this weekend for what I call my tree stand therapy.

Right back at you TomV...Heading to the woods this weekend and again Thanksgiving weekend. Cousin was there last weekend and took a 10pt and wife took an 8pt. reported seeing 2 - 12's and another 10pt. Taking my boys up there to try our luck.

"Tree Stand Therapy" - I like that. Hope you don't mind if I borrow it. (I'll give you credit for it when used tho)

Take Care - Doug.

No attribution necessary.

Have a great holiday season.