DPS "Texas Concealed Handgun" Licensing
This is the Texas Concealed Handgun Licensing Course. Provided you meet the initial criteria set forth by the State of Texas and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), (see link below), upon completion of this course and submission of your application packet and CHL Fees to DPS you will receive a license to carry a concealed handgun in Texas as well as over thirty other states.
The process of obtaining a Concealed Handgun License in Texas is understandably strict. After all we are licensing people to carry loaded handguns in areas where you and I, as well as our friends and families, are present. To obtain your Concealed Handgun License in Texas you must:
(1) Insure you meet the eligibility requirements set forth by the Tx. Legislature,
* For more info go to the Texas DPS Web Site,
(2) Complete an application to DPS for a Concealed Handgun License
* This can be done before or after you attend you CHL Training Class.
* You can do this on-line or we will have packets available for you one hour prior to class,
* You will be required to submit your CHL Fee to DPS upon submission of your application,
** See DPS Concealed Handgun License Fee Schedule below.
(3) DPS will use your Texas Drivers License photo for your CHL.
(4) Contact "L-1 Solutions" to make an appointment to get your finger prints taken
(i) You may call L-1 Solutions at 1-888-467-2080,or
(ii) For an on-line appointment go to: https://tx.ibtfingerprint.com/
(5) Sucessfully complete a CHL training class from a DPS Certified Instructor,
This is where "Texas Concealed Handgun Training" comes in,
* You have one year from the date of your course to submit your application packet to DPS.
Our courses are 10 hours in length and requires students to successfully pass a qualification course of fire. This is not a basic shooting course, students must be proficient with their handguns prior to attending this class. Students will be required to successfully fire a fifty round qualification course with their handgun, shooting from the three, seven, and fifteen yard lines, and within set times to successfully pass this course. Students who are unable to qualify with their handguns will not pass the course and will be required to return and take the qualification portion of the course over at a later date at an additional expense.
We highly recommend that all new shooters, and shooters that have not yet obtained the sufficient skills necessary to successfully pass the qualification portion of the CHL class, attend our NRA "Basic Pistol" or NRA "First Steps Pistol" course before attending the CHL course. This course will give students the skills and confidence they need to successfully pass the CHL course. In addition, the Basic Pistol course will give students a thorough understand of the workings of their firearms and provide them with safe gun handling skills.
All of our courses are available in Women Only classes. Call for details.
** Texas DPS "Concealed Handgun" Class:
* Saturday July 26th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 PM
* Sunday July 27th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 PM
* Saturday August 9th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 PM
* Sunday August 24th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 PM
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* Saturday July 26th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 PM
* Sunday July 27th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 PM
* Saturday August 9th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 PM
* Sunday August 24th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 PM
Click "Here" to Register for these Courses
See the CHL Eligibility Requirements below or, Click "Here" to see the Texas Concealed Handgun Eligibility Requirements.
Texas Government Code §411.172. ELIGIBILITY
(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a concealed handgun if the person:
(1) is a legal resident of this state for the six-month period preceding the date of application under this subchapter
or is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 411.173(a);
(2) is at least 21 years of age;
(3) has not been convicted of a felony;
(4) is not charged with the commission of a C lass A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense, or of a felony under an information or indictment;
(5) is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense;
(6) is not a chemically dependent person;
(7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
(8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense;
(9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun;
(10) has not been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected
by the attorney general;
(11) has not been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state;
(12) is not currently restricted under a court protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely affecting property interests;
(13) has not, in the 10 years preceding the date of application, been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct
violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and
(14) has not made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174.
(b) For the purposes of this section, an offense under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States is:
(1) except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a felony if the offense, at to the proper use and storage of a handgun if the person provides the department with a certificate from a licensed physician whose primary practice is in the field of psychiatry stating that the psychiatric disorder or condition is in remission and is not reasonably likely to develop at a future time.
(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a person who is at least 18 years of age but not yet 21 years of age is eligible for a
license to carry a concealed handgun if the person:
(1) is a member or veteran of the United States armed forces, including a member or veteran of the reserves or national guard;
(2) was discharged under honorable conditions, if discharged from the United States armed forces, reserves, or national guard; and
(3) meets the other eligibility requirements of Subsection
(a) except for the minimum age required by federal law to purchase a handgun.
(h) The issuance of a license to carry a concealed handgun to a person eligible under Subsection (g) does not affect the person's ability to purchase a handgun or ammunition under federal law.
(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a concealed handgun if the person:
(1) is a legal resident of this state for the six-month period preceding the date of application under this subchapter
or is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 411.173(a);
(2) is at least 21 years of age;
(3) has not been convicted of a felony;
(4) is not charged with the commission of a C lass A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense, or of a felony under an information or indictment;
(5) is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense;
(6) is not a chemically dependent person;
(7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
(8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense;
(9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun;
(10) has not been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected
by the attorney general;
(11) has not been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state;
(12) is not currently restricted under a court protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely affecting property interests;
(13) has not, in the 10 years preceding the date of application, been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct
violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and
(14) has not made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174.
(b) For the purposes of this section, an offense under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States is:
(1) except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a felony if the offense, at to the proper use and storage of a handgun if the person provides the department with a certificate from a licensed physician whose primary practice is in the field of psychiatry stating that the psychiatric disorder or condition is in remission and is not reasonably likely to develop at a future time.
(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a person who is at least 18 years of age but not yet 21 years of age is eligible for a
license to carry a concealed handgun if the person:
(1) is a member or veteran of the United States armed forces, including a member or veteran of the reserves or national guard;
(2) was discharged under honorable conditions, if discharged from the United States armed forces, reserves, or national guard; and
(3) meets the other eligibility requirements of Subsection
(a) except for the minimum age required by federal law to purchase a handgun.
(h) The issuance of a license to carry a concealed handgun to a person eligible under Subsection (g) does not affect the person's ability to purchase a handgun or ammunition under federal law.
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