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to get a concealed handgun permit in texas one must
- fill out an application request at a DPS (department of public safety) office. same place we get our driver's licenses.
- If the DPS determines you are qualified (meaning no criminal felony record, no stay at mental institutions, no name on a terror list, etc.) they send you the FULL application in the mail
The concealed handgun law sets out a number of qualifications that must be met. Your application packet will list them in detail. For example, you must be a legal resident of Texas and you must be qualified to purchase a handgun under all state and federal laws. A number of factors may disqualify you from obtaining a license, such as: felony convictions and some misdemeanor convictions, including charges that resulted in probation or deferred adjudication, pending criminal charges chemical or alcohol dependency, certain types of psychological diagnoses, protective or restraining orders, defaults on taxes, governmental fees, student loans or child support.
The application packet also will include information about materials you need to return with your application packet. These include: two recent color passport photos, two sets of fingerprints taken by a law enforcement agency employee, a copy of your Texas driver license or identification card, and a notification of completion form (TR 100) from a DPS-authorized handgun course.
After receiving completed application packets, the DPS will conduct extensive background checks of juvenile records for the previous 10 years and all adult records.
The training class is a 10-15 hour long certification.
Handguns and other weapons can not be carried at schools or on school buses, at polling places, in courts and court offices, at racetracks and at secured airport areas. The law also specifically prohibits handguns from businesses where alcohol is sold if more than half of their revenue is from the sale of alcohol for on-premises consumption, and from locations where high school, college or professional sporting events are taking place. You may not carry handguns in hospitals or nursing homes, amusement parks, places of worship or at government meetings if signs are posted prohibiting them. Businesses also may post signs prohibiting handguns on their premises based on criminal trespass laws.
If you are caught intoxicated carrying a concealed weapon it is BAD NEWS
what is NOT regulated is the black market, and it never will be. criminals, or anyone with surreptitious motives fro obtaining a gun will forever and ever be able to get them, and all they have to ddo is pony up the dough.
this is true in UK as well as in USA, or anywhere
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