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I am extremely irritated with the state of Texas. My Texas CHL was set to expire at the end of August '09 so I applied on-line to the Texas DPS for the renewal paperwork in May. FYI, one of our recent changes to the CHL laws here in Texas states that active military and veterans receive a discount on the price of a CHL. Also, no place on the application does it say I need to provide any substantiating paperwork to the state. All there was is a section indicating any special exemptions (like renewal, over age 60, military exemption, etc) I was eligible for and you check those that apply to you. I received the paperwork in the mail several weeks later, finished the class in July and mailed the forms to the proper authorities. In September I received a letter from the state saying I needed a form DD-214 showing I'd been discharged from the military since I'd claimed the 50% military price deduction allowed by the state. I sent in a copy of the form and thought that I'd receive my new CHL in a few weeks. :blink:
SURPRISE!!! I received another letter from the Texas DPS a few days ago saying the DD-214 didn't indicate whether my release from active duty was under honorable conditions. FWIW, I was never actually "discharged" from the military. Instead, with over 20 years active duty in the Navy, I was transferred to the inactive reserves in 1994. The form simply stated I'd been transferred to the Fleet Reserve in November of '94 until I "officially" retired from the Navy in May 2004. I called the DPS and explained my situation to the rep I had on the phone. However, she seemed to have no clue as to what I was talking about. Finally, I said I have a certificate from the Dept. of the Navy saying I had retired under honorable conditions and would that work for the state. The rep said yes (though she didn't sound too confident when she said it) so I mailed in a copy of my certificate of retirement to the Texas DPS. :ticking:
It's now been almost six months since I started the renewal process. Hopefully, this will be the end of my problems and I'll have my new CHL in the near future. However, my old CHL expired at the beginning of September and until my new license arrives, I can not carry a handgun in public. :aargh4:
This is not how the process should go!!! :rant:
SURPRISE!!! I received another letter from the Texas DPS a few days ago saying the DD-214 didn't indicate whether my release from active duty was under honorable conditions. FWIW, I was never actually "discharged" from the military. Instead, with over 20 years active duty in the Navy, I was transferred to the inactive reserves in 1994. The form simply stated I'd been transferred to the Fleet Reserve in November of '94 until I "officially" retired from the Navy in May 2004. I called the DPS and explained my situation to the rep I had on the phone. However, she seemed to have no clue as to what I was talking about. Finally, I said I have a certificate from the Dept. of the Navy saying I had retired under honorable conditions and would that work for the state. The rep said yes (though she didn't sound too confident when she said it) so I mailed in a copy of my certificate of retirement to the Texas DPS. :ticking:
It's now been almost six months since I started the renewal process. Hopefully, this will be the end of my problems and I'll have my new CHL in the near future. However, my old CHL expired at the beginning of September and until my new license arrives, I can not carry a handgun in public. :aargh4:
This is not how the process should go!!! :rant: