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Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:48 pm
by jaystekan
So, I have my Texas CHL with my Texas address on it. My drivers license is from Oklahoma. My question is: Can I purchase a gun from a shop here in Texas using my CHL only, and not needing a drivers license? Or, do I need 2 forms of Texas id cards to purchase a handgun?
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:24 pm
by cheezit
Which state do you live in?
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:30 pm
by Mel
Can't say for sure, but I don't remember anyone asking for a second ID when I purchased a handgun. Just my CHL.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:43 pm
by mrvmax
All you need is a current Texas CHL - it meets all the ATF requirements as long as it is current and the address is correct.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:48 pm
by jaystekan
Thanks everyone. I actually reside in Texas, but I have an Oklahoma drivers license. I guess the only way to find out if I can purchase just using CHL is to try, my CHL has the physical address I live at here in Texas.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:49 pm
by carlson1
jaystekan wrote:Thanks everyone. I actually reside in Texas, but I have an Oklahoma drivers license. I guess the only way to find out if I can purchase just using CHL is to try, my CHL has the physical address I live at here in Texas.
You need to obtain a Texas DL if you are now living in Texas. If not that is a criminal offense.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:08 pm
by The Wall
jaystekan wrote:Thanks everyone. I actually reside in Texas, but I have an Oklahoma drivers license. I guess the only way to find out if I can purchase just using CHL is to try, my CHL has the physical address I live at here in Texas.
Are you in the military stationed in Texas? Just curious as to why you haven't got a Texas DL.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:16 pm
by jaystekan
I am no longer Military, but my wife is finishing up her career here. Our family is stationed here for now, too much work to change my license every time we move, and as a Veteran, I have schooling benefits waiting for me when we return to OK, but I have to maintain my residency there. Texas does not make military families get a Texas license if and when we are stationed here.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:27 pm
by C-dub
That sounds complicated. I don't know the answer to the question for sure, but if OK is actually your state of residence you may not be able to take possession of a handgun bought here in Texas. What do the experts think?
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:32 pm
by n5wd
I'm no expert, but with the three firearms I've bought over this Christmas season, all of the vendors have wanted my CHL AND a Texas Drivers License. Whether they would have declined the purchase without the DL, I have no idea. But YMMV.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:33 pm
by jaystekan
C-dub wrote:That sounds complicated. I don't know the answer to the question for sure, but if OK is actually your state of residence you may not be able to take possession of a handgun bought here in Texas. What do the experts think?
Yeah, I was thinking that, but since my CHL has my Texas address on it, and you don't absolutely need a license as a second form of Identification, I was thinking that maybe it was possible. Now that a Texas CHL can be used as an official form of ID here in Texas I was hopeful that I could use that as my ID to purchase a handgun.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:49 pm
by C-dub
jaystekan wrote:C-dub wrote:That sounds complicated. I don't know the answer to the question for sure, but if OK is actually your state of residence you may not be able to take possession of a handgun bought here in Texas. What do the experts think?
Yeah, I was thinking that, but since my CHL has my Texas address on it, and you don't absolutely need a license as a second form of Identification, I was thinking that maybe it was possible. Now that a Texas CHL can be used as an official form of ID here in Texas I was hopeful that I could use that as my ID to purchase a handgun.
You probably can, but I'm skeptical. Which state do you claim as your residence for tax purposes? I wonder if that makes a difference for matter like this.
Re: Gun purchase using CHL only, without a license?
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:09 pm
by Keith B
If you continued to maintain residency in Oklahoma, and your DL is from there, then your CHL should have your address that matches your residency which would be Oklahoma since you are no longer in the military. If the addresses don't match, then you need to get it changed or you are in violation of the law.
In that case, because you have an Oklahoma residency you can purchase a handgun in Texas with your CHL only, but the dealer would have to send it to an FFL in Oklahoma for you to pick up there.