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I know with a Texas CHL you can get a handgun with out waiting for the background check done by the seller, is this the same with the Utah License here in Texas?

IIRC, and I'm going strictly on memory without looking up the codes, to be exempt from the NICS check, you must have a CHL from the state in which you reside that includes the proper background checks. So I believe that a Utah non-resident license would not exempt you from the NICS check when buying a firearm.

You may be right, because when I bought my Glock he asked me if I had a Texas CHL... Still curious I mean 10 minutes is not a big deal to wait anyway... But what about a gun show?

If you buy from a recognized dealer at a gun show (think AJC Sports or Bachman or Schramm or AAMI), they would still run the NICS check even with your Utah license. If you have a Texas CHL, you'll still have to fill out the 4473 form, but they won't run the NICS check.)

If you buy from a private party, he/she will not (most private parties aren't set up to run the NICS check) -- it's been our experience that they may check whether the address on your check (if they will accept a check) matches the one on your DL, but that's about it.

Licensed dealers (FFL's) have to run an NICS check on firearm sales regardless of where those sales occur (in store or at a gun show). What gun show loophole are the anti's always yakking about? Unless, of course, you have an exemption from the NICS check in the form of a Texas CHL. Private sales (from someone who does not hold an FFL) are not governed by the NICS, because only licensees can access the system.