A Texas Concealed Handgun License is fairly easy to obtain. You have to attend a class of at least 10 hours and qualify with a handgun. If you qualify with a revolver, you can only carry a revolver. If you qualify with a semiautomatic handgun, then you can carry a derringer, revolver, semiautomatic, i.e., almost anything that is not illegal in Texas.
Information at:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/chlsindex.htm
To be eligible for a license to carry a concealed handgun, a person must meet the following requirements:
(1) an applicant must have been a resident of this state for the six-month period preceding the date of application, relocate to this state with the intent to establish residency in this state, or must be eligible for a non-resident license as provided by the Act;
(2) the applicant must be at least 21 years of age;
(3) the applicant must not have been convicted of a felony. An offense is considered a felony if at the time of an applicant's application for a license the offense:
(A) is designated by a law of this state as a felony;
(B) contains all the elements of an offense designated by a law of this state as a felony; or
(C) is punishable by confinement for one year or more in a penitentiary.
(4) the applicant must not be currently charged with the commission of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Texas Penal Code, §42.01, or of a felony under an information or indictment;
(5) the applicant must not be a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor;
(6) the applicant must not be chemically dependent;
(7) the applicant must not be incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun as defined in the Act;
(8 the applicant must not, in the five years preceding the date of application, have been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Texas Penal Code, §42.01. An offense is considered a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is not a felony and confinement in a jail other than a state jail felony facility is affixed as a possible punishment;
(9) the applicant must be fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun;
(10) the applicant must not have been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected by the attorney general, unless the applicant has since discharged the outstanding delinquency;
(11) the applicant must not have been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, state treasurer, tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, or any other agency or subdivision of the state, unless the applicant has since discharged the outstanding delinquency;
(12) the applicant must not have been finally determined to be in default on a loan made under the Education Code, Chapter 57, unless the applicant has since discharged the outstanding delinquency;
(13) the applicant must not be currently restricted by or subject to a court order that restrains the applicant from injuring, harassing, stalking, or threatening the applicant's spouse or intimate partner, or the child of the applicant, the applicant's spouse, or intimate partner. This paragraph includes a protective order issued under the Family Code §3.58 or §3.581, or Family Code, Chapter 71. This paragraph does not include any restraining order or protective order solely affecting property interests;
(14) the applicant must not, in the 10 years preceding the date of application, have been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and
(15) the applicant must not have been made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in a request for application materials or in an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun.
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If you can obtain an NFA item, you can get a Texas CHL.
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Requirements--
(a) A person who wishes to obtain or renew a license to carry a concealed handgun shall apply in person to a certified handgun instructor to take the appropriate course in handgun proficiency, demonstrate handgun proficiency, and obtain a handgun proficiency certificate. An applicant will be required to demonstrate the applicant's ability to safely and proficiently use the category of handgun for which the applicant seeks certification.
(b) A proficiency examination to obtain or to renew a license must be administered by a certified handgun instructor. The proficiency examination must include:
(1) a written section on required subjects; and
(2) a physical demonstration of proficiency in the use of one or more handguns of specific categories and in handgun safety procedures.
(c) The department shall distribute the standards, course requirements, and examinations on request to any certified handgun instructor.
(d) The proficiency demonstration course will be the same for both the instructors and license applications. The course of fire will be at distances of three, seven, and fifteen yards, for a total of fifty rounds.
(1) Twenty rounds will be fired from three yards, as follows:
(A) five rounds will be fired "One Shot Exercise"; two seconds allowed for each shot;
(B) ten rounds will be fired "Two Shot Exercise"; three seconds allowed for each two shots; and
(C) five rounds will be fired; ten seconds allowed for five shots.
(2) Twenty rounds will be fired from seven yards, fired in four five-shot strings as follows:
(A) the first five shots will be fired in ten seconds;
(B) the next five shots will be fired in two stages:
(i) two shots will be fired in four seconds; and
(ii) three shots will be fired in six seconds.
(C) the next five shots at seven yards will be fired "One Shot Exercise"; three seconds will be allowed for each shot; and
(D) the last five shots fired at the seven-yard line, the time will be fifteen seconds to shoot five rounds.
(3) Ten rounds will be fired from fifteen yards, fired in two five-shot strings as follows:
(A) the first five shots will be fired in two stages:
(i) two shots fired in six seconds; and
(ii) three shots fired in nine seconds.
(B) the last five shots will be fired in fifteen seconds.
(e) The department shall issue a license to carry a concealed handgun to any person who is certified as a qualified handgun instructor and who pays the department a fee of $100 in addition to the training fee.
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