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In Texas your first application requires 16 hours of classroom schooling on the penal code. Then you must qualify your proficiency with a handgun with 50 rounds fired in verious sequinces at three distances. The finger prints are done for both FBI, and the state of Texas, along with passport type pictures. This permit is issued as SA which lets you carry any type handgun you choose, or NSA , which restricts you to a revolver, or single shot! With either code, you may carry as many handguns as you choose. IOW, you may carry more than one handgun at any time, as long as they are the type you are authorized to carry, simi-auto, or no simi-auto.

The renewal is every four years, and this requires re-finger printing, and 8 hours of class room instruction on the penal code changes, and again qualify with your handgun.

Texas is a MUST ISSUE permit, and is issued by the state, not a damn local police department. The fingerprinting is done by the instructor at your class. The instructors are licensed by the state

I assure you, if there is anything in your background that even looks like a felony, you will not get a permit in Texas! There is a backgorund done by the state, and the feds as well. The background check is more extensive that the one for the people who guard the president of the USA. In this state, the check for the CHL is the only time jouvenile record that has been sealed can be opened by the law infrocement body, and in this case it is the TDPS ( Texas department of public safety) State police .

Because of this extensive background check, the Texas CHL is honored in over 20 states, some of which are not honored by Texas, because there is not enough oversight, or the license is issued by a local gov, and not the state!