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Re: Speeding Ticket, No CHL???

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:33 pm
by KRM45
carlson1 wrote:
KRM45 wrote:There are some class C misdemeanors that will impact your ability to get a license, however a simple speeding ticket will not.
What Class C? I guess I missed that part :confused5
TEXAS CONCEALED HANDGUN LAWS GC ยง411.172. 3***

ELIGIBILITY

(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a concealed handgun
if the person:
...
(4) is not charged with the commission of a Class A or Class B
misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or of a
felony under an information or indictment;
...
(8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of application, been
convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under
Section 42.01
, Penal Code;
Much of 42.01 is a class c misd.
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/S ... 2268.53567

Also assult by threat or provocative contact is a class c... If it is commited against a person meeting the family code definition it is assult - family violence, and would still be a class c offense.

Re: Speeding Ticket, No CHL???

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:50 pm
by seamusTX
Hmm. I missed that. The punishments in chapter 22 (assault) are complicated.

But the federal definition of domestic violence (Lautenberg amendment) is more strict than the Texas definition.

Probably no one who has been unable to get a CHL because of an issue of this type is willing to talk about it.

- Jim

Re: Speeding Ticket, No CHL???

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:31 pm
by KRM45
seamusTX wrote:Hmm. I missed that. The punishments in chapter 22 (assault) are complicated.

But the federal definition of domestic violence (Lautenberg amendment) is more strict than the Texas definition.

Probably no one who has been unable to get a CHL because of an issue of this type is willing to talk about it.

- Jim
It can get very complicated when you consider how open the definition of family violence is...
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/S ... .11060.htm