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Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:34 am
by vactor
Hi everyone. with my pending move to austin, i thought i would say hi to everyone and tell you that you will have an enthusiastic new member (me) coming from Chicago - the city that has failed to do good things with great resources. i have my illinois CCL and am also an illinois CCL instructor. wanted to say Hi and Cheers!! :txflag:

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:41 am
by oohrah
I see you found my post :)

Welcome to the Forum. You may find some business as an IL Instructor here as Texas is recognized by IL as a "substantially similar" state, and you do not have to take the IL class in IL. A few of us here have received non-resident IL CCLs.

This a great forum, very civil, and a good resource for all the ins & outs of Texas gun laws.

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:50 am
by Richbirdhunter
Howdy and welcome to fee America

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:51 am
by vactor
i sure did find your post!! thanks for the lead and link. i am really excited about the move, but uprooting one's life is a bit daunting as well. i look forward to more here and in the real world where the sun seems to be smiling more often than it does in chicago :D

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:04 am
by Jusme
The sun does shine more here, it also snarles from time, to time.

Welcome to the forum, and welcome to the great State of Texas. Just a word of warning, Austin, while the State Capitol, does seem to be filled with a lot of left wing liberals. When you get a chance, travel around the State, take in its history, and say hello to everyone you meet. You will find some of the best people here, and don't be surprised, if total strangers, wave at you, and shake your hand.

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:16 am
by RoyGBiv
OP... If you ever decide to hold an IL CCL class here in TX, I'd like to know about it...
Hopefully it'll be nearby..

Welcome to Free America.. :patriot: :txflag:

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:33 am
by ELB
Welcome!

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:26 am
by bblhd672
vactor wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:34 am Hi everyone. with my pending move to austin, i thought i would say hi to everyone and tell you that you will have an enthusiastic new member (me) coming from Chicago - the city that has failed to do good things with great resources. i have my illinois CCL and am also an illinois CCL instructor. wanted to say Hi and Cheers!! :txflag:
Welcome to the forum. When you get to Austin, please don't vote like the majority of Chicago folks! :biggrinjester:
I moved to Texas from Illinois (near St. Louis for 20 years) two years ago. Much more liberty and freedom here, at least for now. We have to keep the weirdos in Austin from turning Texas into another socialist third world hole.

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:42 am
by Jose_in_Dallas
Welcome!

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:48 am
by rtschl
Welcome to the best forum on the internet and the greatest state in the Union. :txflag:

I grew up in Southern Illinois but haven't lived there since Jr. High before the DOD moved our family overseas. I'm going West of Chicago next month to visit family who moved there last year. :nono: Going to have to figure out how to navigate the CC laws there.

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:39 am
by Abraham
Austin = The San Francisco of Texas.

Unless, you like living surrounded by leftists, anti-gun, anti self defense, and the traffic is dreadful.

On the plus side...nah, there isn't one.

To be fair, all large cities even in Texas are crammed to the gills/overwhelmed with dope smoking leftists.

Find a rural location to live (if that is you have a choice, perhaps you don't...) and you'll be good to go.

Welcome.

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:16 pm
by BBYC
Richbirdhunter wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:50 am Howdy and welcome to fee America
They lowered the LTC fee recently so that's good.

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:17 pm
by cmgee67
Howdy! Welcome to the greatest place on Earth!

Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:23 pm
by flechero
Spent some of my childhood there... Welcome to Texas, and:


Go Cubbies!
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Re: Greetings! new member from Chicago IL

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:28 pm
by Allons
Welcome glad to have you.