TexasRifleman
Moderator Emeritus
Interesting that the Texas Highway Patrol is 100% behind the Texas CHL program, and they are the adminstrators.
The head of the HP has been quoted publicly many times that his officers feel an instant comfort level when presented the CHL ID card during a traffic stop.
I can personally attest to this fact, and I have not received anything but a smile and maybe the occasional warning to slow down on my several times a month road trip between Ft Worth and Austin.
As mentioned, the only places you see cops taking this attitude are places where the rest of the government has already. Chicago, NYC, LA; you could not keep a job if you supported carrying by the general public, since the masters of those cities do not.
When left to their own, LEOs get it.
One of the most vocal opponents of the CHL movement in Texas was a PD Chief from a southern city ( I forget which one) who predicted the usual bloow flowing in the streets etc.
On the one year anniversary of the CHL program he publicly apologized and stated that his mind had been changed completely and he's now a huge supporter.
It's all politics folks, in case you didn't notice.
The head of the HP has been quoted publicly many times that his officers feel an instant comfort level when presented the CHL ID card during a traffic stop.
I can personally attest to this fact, and I have not received anything but a smile and maybe the occasional warning to slow down on my several times a month road trip between Ft Worth and Austin.
As mentioned, the only places you see cops taking this attitude are places where the rest of the government has already. Chicago, NYC, LA; you could not keep a job if you supported carrying by the general public, since the masters of those cities do not.
When left to their own, LEOs get it.
One of the most vocal opponents of the CHL movement in Texas was a PD Chief from a southern city ( I forget which one) who predicted the usual bloow flowing in the streets etc.
On the one year anniversary of the CHL program he publicly apologized and stated that his mind had been changed completely and he's now a huge supporter.
It's all politics folks, in case you didn't notice.