Had to get my CHL renewed

[Lakerat24]

Odd that you have to re-submit dd214 since they should already have that documentation from the first time you submitted. It's not like you won't be a veteran this time.

 

[Shady]

So is the answer it depends if you mail it or do it online ?

 

[Antares]

I did it online 2 weeks later I received a second letter saying that I failed to submit my DD214 or other documentation proving I was a veteran. Even though when I sent in my renewal with copy of my drivers license it said on it I was a Veteran. I sent a copy of DD214 over the internet and received an e-mail the next day stating that they received the documentation. Now just waiting. I was thinking maybe because I am 71 they think I am too old.

 

[Sock Puppet]

Even though when I sent in my renewal with copy of my drivers license it said on it I was a Veteran.

When I renewed my DL, I asked if they would have a record of the DD-214 for the LTC. I received a very curt, "no". So, regardless of how it is coded in law, one doesn't seem to have anything to do with the other.

 

[Frank59]

When I renewed my DL, I asked if they would have a record of the DD-214 for the LTC. I received a very curt, "no". So, regardless of how it is coded in law, one doesn't seem to have anything to do with the other.

When it comes to government bureaucracy it doesn't surprise me that the left foot doesn't know what the right foot is doing.

 

[Bozz10mm]

When it comes to government bureaucracy it doesn't surprise me that the left foot doesn't know what the right foot is doing.

Exactly. When I went to get my DL renewed, why couldn't the DPS plug in to the data base that the department of vital statistics has and verify my citizenship, rather than me having to drive to Austin and wait for two hours to get a copy to take back to DPS.

 

[majormadmax]

It's odd as my old CHL used my DL picture...

 

[BRD@66]

It's odd as my old CHL used my DL picture...

Ditto -all but the 1st license. Took that picture as part of classroom circa mid-1996.

 

[F350-6]

It's odd as my old CHL used my DL picture...

Am I imagining this, or didn't they stop linking the CHL and DL years ago so no one could cross reference who had a CHL with other databases?

 

[BuzzinSATX]

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[jdh47]

I was in Atwoods in Tyler the other day talking with the counter salesman at the firearms section. He informed me that the LTC holders have to be submitted through the usual background checks now when purchasing a firearm and the old CHL holders do not.
Way back when I got my license it was a CHL. When I moved I had to change the address and I didn't notice they changed it to a LTC. Crap...
What's up with this? I've never heard of this mess before.

 

[BRD@66]

Pretty hard to believe. Just saying.

 

[SA_Steve]

Must be their 'policy' for some reason, not in the law ?

 

[majormadmax]

Must be their 'policy' for some reason, not in the law ?

If that is the case, I'd shop elsewhere.

 

[Bithabus]

I was in Atwoods in Tyler the other day talking with the counter salesman at the firearms section. He informed me that the LTC holders have to be submitted through the usual background checks now when purchasing a firearm and the old CHL holders do not.
Way back when I got my license it was a CHL. When I moved I had to change the address and I didn't notice they changed it to a LTC. Crap...
What's up with this? I've never heard of this mess before.

He is a liar. Go shop somewhere else.

 

[Bozz10mm]

the counter salesman at the firearms section.

I think I see the problem.

 

[jdh47]

Geez I hope it ain't so. It seems downright stupid but that's why it could be plausible. I told him it went against the first provisions of the CHL. He said it had something to do with the new legislation for open carry.

One thing I've come to expect about the government is you never get something for nothing.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I renewed my CHL August of last year. Received the new LTC. Purchased a 5.56 pistol May of this year. There was no background check that I was aware of. Filled out the 4473, paid my money and took the pistol home.

 

[F350-6]

Sounds like a counter guy trying to sound like he knows what he's talking about. Perhaps he used to work at Academy or something.

The counter guy at my local Atwoods is a pretty nice guy. He actually had some pretty good insight on my last purchase there since he already owned the same weapon and could answer all my questions better than someone that doesn't.

Like everyone else, my CHL was changed to an LTC when the renewal came after the law change. For my purchase, I just had to fill out the form, just like I did with the CHL, then they had to double check it and make sure there were no mistakes on it. Nothing different than I've experienced anywhere else really.

 

[majormadmax]

Geez I hope it ain't so. It seems downright stupid but that's why it could be plausible. I told him it went against the first provisions of the CHL. He said it had something to do with the new legislation for open carry.

One thing I've come to expect about the government is you never get something for nothing.

He has no idea of what he's talking about. There is no difference between using a LTC or a CHL when making a firearm purchase in Texas.