Well this ain't about an LTC but...

[DoubleDuty]

Closest one to me is ~4 hours one way. I understand the disgust with BassPro, and now Cabela’s as well. I also understand the distaste for anything Dicks has to offer. So... in the Houston area that leaves what? Piss poor customer service plus elevated prices offered by Carters Country? The few decent dealers on the north/west side of Houston that struggle to have any type of inventory? So that leaves Academy and??? Fishing gear I’m intimately familiar with. I have no problem making large dollar orders on line. I know what I’m buying. Firearms... not so much. And for the most part on line dealers are no different than their brick and mortar counterparts - No Inventory. At this point in time, with my limited knowledge, I want/need to hold in my hand that which I’m interested in purchasing. Soooo... that leaves me very few options to consider.

I live in DFW and a new Scheels just opened up in The colony. It's about a 20 mile drive for me.

 

[gshayd]

record number of background checks plus the covid. In Texas I have my CHL...about 5 min wait.

 

[Dougw1515]

record number of background checks plus the covid. In Texas I have my CHL...about 5 min wait.

I first applied for mine ~6/24/20. Then after 2 weeks I checked on it and that's when I saw they claim they did not receive my DD214. Took almost a week to get that corrected after which I was told "2 more weeks". We're at the 2 week mark now and I just checked... still have fingerprint and background pending.

 

[V-Tach]

LTC applications are up big time too.......

Which is a good thing......

CC would be better, but at least some folks are getting smarter...

 

[Frank59]

I first applied for mine ~6/24/20. Then after 2 weeks I checked on it and that's when I saw they claim they did not receive my DD214. Took almost a week to get that corrected after which I was told "2 more weeks". We're at the 2 week mark now and I just checked... still have fingerprint and background pending.

I remember waiting for my LTC. It was like watching the grass grow....LoL

 

[Geezer]

The day that I got my Texas driver's license, June 10, I got online and took the LTC class. 2 days later, I shot the proficiency test. June 19 was my Identogo appointment. 28 days later, my LTC was in my mailbox. I was very surprised with how fast everything progressed.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I remember waiting for my LTC. It was like watching the grass grow....LoL

Yep. Mine took a little over 9 weeks and everything was in perfect order. That was 7 years ago tho.

 

[Dougw1515]

The frustrating part, for me, is the lack of an LTC limits, due to lack of availability, what I can purchase at this time. Got training courses that start next Tuesday and may end up using a borrowed gun that I may, or may not, like. So I stand to lose some of the benefits that the course(s) could provide. That being getting familiar and comfortable with a weapon I will carry on a daily basis. But in the end - it is what it is. This too shall pass... Just wish it would hurry the hell up!

 

[busykngt]

Yep. Mine took a little over 9 weeks and everything was in perfect order. That was 7 years ago tho.

Yep, that’s about my recollection during the same time frame. IIRC, folks complaining to their legislators (& maybe the governor, too) eventually forced the DPS to put more people on the job and that reduced the turn around time considerably.

 

[Dougw1515]

Yep, that’s about my recollection during the same time frame. IIRC, folks complaining to their legislators (& maybe the governor, too) eventually forced the DPS to put more people on the job and that reduced the turn around time considerably.

Yeah... I don't know how many folks they added but I do know they're working 12hrs a day. Errr.... they're there 12 hrs a day.

 

[Sam7sf]

12 hours those poor babies.

 

[Geezer]

12 hours is only half a day.

 

[Dougw1515]

12 hours is only half a day.

I know that's right!!!

 

[avvidclif]

8 weeks for a LTC, piece of cake. Try getting a can out of jail, 12 months.

 

[SQLGeek]

8 weeks? I'd have killed for 8 weeks. Took me almost 9 months to get mine.

 

[Frank59]

8 weeks? I'd have killed for 8 weeks. Took me almost 9 months to get mine.

WTF??

 

[candcallen]

My last two renewals took like 2 weeks and that included mail back and forth to AZ.

Another reason I keep my AZ permit. Expense and time. Just need a new background check.

 

[SQLGeek]

WTF??

That was about the normal then. DPS has really sped up their whole process.

 

[DoubleDuty]

It took 11 business days to get mine thank the gods.

 

[Frank59]

It took 11 business days to get mine thank the gods.

Who's ass did you Kiss sir?? LoL