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Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

So, what did you get?

tomtexan wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

So, what did you get?

Probably cheap Florida plastic.

sjfcontrol wrote:

tomtexan wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

So, what did you get?

Probably cheap Florida plastic.

See his signature line

Keith B wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

tomtexan wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

So, what did you get?

Probably cheap Florida plastic.

See his signature line

Ah! Cheap Indiana plastic!

Only Texas makes the GOOD plastic.

I bet they don't even make it from genuine Texas Tea.

smoothoperator wrote:Texas could fix a big part of the problem by reducing fees but they keep them high for the same reasons there used to be poll taxes.

The tests and fees for a CHL should be eliminated for the same reasons we no longer have literacy tests and poll taxes.

I agree and believe it is racism, elitism and the exact same fear that caused people to invent gun control and adopt it in Texas.

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

I've never said Texas couldn't do it for less, or that licensing should even be necessary. But...crazy high fees?

It's $140 for five years; $70 for renewals. That's 28 bucks a year; 14 a year for renewals.

Seems like a small price to upgrade since your lifetime Indiana permit doesn't even allow you to bypass NICS checks when you want to buy firearms. Too, a resident Texas permit allows you to carry in a whole lot more states than a non-resident Indiana permit; for example: Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, and Delaware.

I'm all for non-resident licenses to augment a resident license; I have a Utah CFP; might get Arizona for travel to Nevada. But I've never been a fan of bypassing the license of your resident state, strictly legal or not. Never understood that.

Even cheaper for us "Old Guys" who happen to be Veterans!

Skiprr wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

...crazy high fees?

It's $140 for five years; $70 for renewals. That's 28 bucks a year; 14 a year for renewals.

I paid $20 for my 5-year PA non-resident license.

My UT non-resident renewals are $15 for five years.

Just sayin' . . . .

Jumping Frog wrote:

Skiprr wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

...crazy high fees?

It's $140 for five years; $70 for renewals. That's 28 bucks a year; 14 a year for renewals.

I paid $20 for my 5-year PA non-resident license.

My UT non-resident renewals are $15 for five years.

Just sayin' . . . .

Everything is bigger in Texas.

Jumping Frog wrote:

Skiprr wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

...crazy high fees?

It's $140 for five years; $70 for renewals. That's 28 bucks a year; 14 a year for renewals.

I paid $20 for my 5-year PA non-resident license.

My UT non-resident renewals are $15 for five years.

Just sayin' . . . .

I'm not saying licenses in other states aren't cheaper...or that Texas fees couldn't/shouldn't be reduced. I'm just saying I don't think Texas fees are "crazy high." For example, if you shoot .45 ACP and buy commercial ammo, a $70 renewal equates to around 200 rounds of range FMJ. That's one morning at the range versus a 5-year license.

Just doesn't seem all that unaffordable to me...

Skiprr wrote:

Jumping Frog wrote:

Skiprr wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

...crazy high fees?

It's $140 for five years; $70 for renewals. That's 28 bucks a year; 14 a year for renewals.

I paid $20 for my 5-year PA non-resident license.

My UT non-resident renewals are $15 for five years.

Just sayin' . . . .

I'm not saying licenses in other states aren't cheaper...or that Texas fees couldn't/shouldn't be reduced. I'm just saying I don't think Texas fees are "crazy high." For example, if you shoot .45 ACP and buy commercial ammo, a $70 renewal equates to around 200 rounds of range FMJ. That's one morning at the range versus a 5-year license.

Just doesn't seem all that unaffordable to me...

Compared to a custom 1911 it's cheap. Compated to a Porsche 911 it's really cheap. However, compared to something comparable like concealed handgun licenses from other states, it's one of the more expensive ones. It's also very expensive compared to a State ID. If the cost of a Texas ID card violates the right to vote, the cost of a Texas CHL is a much bigger civil rights violation.

tomtexan wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

So, what did you get?

I didn't get nothing. I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage.

Hoosier Daddy wrote:

tomtexan wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

So, what did you get?

I didn't get nothing. I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage.

Right on Arlo.

Hoosier Daddy wrote:

tomtexan wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:The crazy high fees are why I didn't get Texas plastic.

So, what did you get?

I didn't get nothing. I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage.

Well, that's what you get for putting that envelope with your name on it under half a ton of garbage, Arlo.