am i eligible?

[RoyGBiv]

About the Florida option. Even if you got a Florida LTC, It won't allow you to carry in Texas if you are ineligible for a Texas LTC.

If you can point me to the right place in the Texas penal code where it says that, I would appreciate it.

So can you do this? Will Florida give you a LTC if Texas says you are ineligible? If they will, this could be a possible "work around" for folks in the OP's predicament. It has been awhile since getting the Utah permit and I was thinking they would only issue non-resident if you had the resident in a reciprocal state. I would like to know if you can enlighten a brother.

Yes. There are some offenses that are disqualifying in Texas that are not disqualifying in Florida.
I don't recall which are relevant, however.
It may be that deferred adjudication is not a conviction for FL CWP.

[03Lightningrocks]

About the Florida option. Even if you got a Florida LTC, It won't allow you to carry in Texas if you are ineligible for a Texas LTC.

If you can point me to the right place in the Texas penal code where it says that, I would appreciate it.

So can you do this? Will Florida give you a LTC if Texas says you are ineligible? If they will, this could be a possible "work around" for folks in the OP's predicament. It has been awhile since getting the Utah permit and I was thinking they would only issue non-resident if you had the resident in a reciprocal state. I would like to know if you can enlighten a brother.

Yes. There are some offenses that are disqualifying in Texas that are not disqualifying in Florida.
I don't recall which are relevant, however.
It may be that deferred adjudication is not a conviction for FL CWP.

I was trying to look up dis-qualifiers for Florida and if I remember right, their deferred waiting period was less than the Texas. It was either 3 or 5 years. So maybe it is another option.