Harris County Sherrif at the gun shop.....

AOPAPilot · Post by **AOPAPilot** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:20 pm

I went up to ProDefense today and overheard a quite disturbing conversation. The officer was picking up a pistol and was asked for his CHL to speed up the purchase (I suppose)

Clerk: Officer, do you have a CHL license?

Sherrif: What is a CHL license?

Clerk: *speechless*

Everyone who heard the conversation: *speechless, jaw dropped*

HighVelocity · Post by **HighVelocity** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:51 pm

Are you sure he was a Harris C. Sheriff's deputy? I don't think I'd have been able to keep my mouth shut.

Clerk: Officer, do you have a CHL license?

Sheriff: What is a CHL license?

Clerk: *speechless*

Sarcastic bystander: Uhh that would be your Cabbage Handlers License.

AOPAPilot · Post by **AOPAPilot** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:03 pm

HighVelocity wrote:Are you sure he was a Harris C. Sheriff's deputy? I don't think I'd have been able to keep my mouth shut.

Clerk: Officer, do you have a CHL license?

Sheriff: What is a CHL license?

Clerk: *speechless*

Sarcastic bystander: Uhh that would be your Cabbage Handlers License.

Absolutely, he was in uniform picking up that pistol and a bag for somebody he works with.

txinvestigator · Post by **txinvestigator** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:58 pm

Perhaps he was beig a smart ass, as many on this forum including yours truly, would be.

CHL license is redundant. 8)

stevie_d_64 · Post by **stevie_d_64** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:30 am

HighVelocity wrote:Are you sure he was a Harris C. Sheriff's deputy? I don't think I'd have been able to keep my mouth shut.

Clerk: Officer, do you have a CHL license?

Sheriff: What is a CHL license?

Clerk: *speechless*

Sarcastic bystander: Uhh that would be your Cabbage Handlers License.

When I fly with cabbages...I make sure they are unloaded, and kept separate from the dressing...Its the law...

I remember the first time I presented my unloaded cabbage at the ticket counter...The girl freaked out a little bit which caused "jimlongley" to enter the scene where he quoted book, chapter and verse of the FAA's rules regarding cabbage handling...

Better to be a smart one, than a dumb one...

SJRTX · Post by **SJRTX** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:06 pm

Why would they ask for a CHL in the first place if hes a deputy? Why couldnt he just show his ID and skip the check?

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:30 pm

SJRTX wrote:Why would they ask for a CHL in the first place if hes a deputy? Why couldnt he just show his ID and skip the check?

Because a LEO ID doesn't count for skipping NICS, but a Texas CHL does.

It's something that enraged a few LEOs before NICS, during the three-day waiting period days. They couldn't get a pistol today, but a CHL could cash-and-carry. :D

Kevin

jimlongley · Post by **jimlongley** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:12 pm

stevie_d_64 wrote:
HighVelocity wrote:Are you sure he was a Harris C. Sheriff's deputy? I don't think I'd have been able to keep my mouth shut.

Clerk: Officer, do you have a CHL license?

Sheriff: What is a CHL license?

Clerk: *speechless*

Sarcastic bystander: Uhh that would be your Cabbage Handlers License.

When I fly with cabbages...I make sure they are unloaded, and kept separate from the dressing...Its the law...

I remember the first time I presented my unloaded cabbage at the ticket counter...The girl freaked out a little bit which caused "jimlongley" to enter the scene where he quoted book, chapter and verse of the FAA's rules regarding cabbage handling...

Better to be a smart one, than a dumb one...

And she still insisted on holding it upside down and sweeping everyone with the muzzle.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:17 pm

txinvestigator wrote:Perhaps he was beig a smart ass, as many on this forum including yours truly, would be.

I sure hope so ! Sounds like a good *line* but I'm not sure that I could deliver it and keep a straight face !

stevie_d_64 · Post by **stevie_d_64** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:56 pm

jimlongley wrote:
stevie_d_64 wrote:
HighVelocity wrote:Are you sure he was a Harris C. Sheriff's deputy? I don't think I'd have been able to keep my mouth shut.

Clerk: Officer, do you have a CHL license?

Sheriff: What is a CHL license?

Clerk: *speechless*

Sarcastic bystander: Uhh that would be your Cabbage Handlers License.

When I fly with cabbages...I make sure they are unloaded, and kept separate from the dressing...Its the law...

I remember the first time I presented my unloaded cabbage at the ticket counter...The girl freaked out a little bit which caused "jimlongley" to enter the scene where he quoted book, chapter and verse of the FAA's rules regarding cabbage handling...

Better to be a smart one, than a dumb one...
And she still insisted on holding it upside down and sweeping everyone with the muzzle.

I can picture someone picking the pistol/cabbage up with the thumb and trigger finger, lifting it up and going, "eeeewwwwwweeeeuuuuu" whats this?"

Like they were picking up a dirty diaper or something...

My cynical side has a boundary which I have not come even close to breaching yet...

Baytown · Post by **Baytown** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:11 am

I can only hope that he did not know what "CHL" meant, but knows there is a right to concealed carry.

Glenn