Concealed Handgun Licenses

Here is an excerpt from the Texas Government Code Section GC 411.172. You cannot apply for a concealed handgun license for 5 years if convicted of a DWI. Please read further to see how many other restrictions and rules apply.

GC 411.172 Eligibility

(a)  A person is eligible for a license to carry a concealed handgun if the person:
(1)  is a legal resident of this state for the six-month period preceding the date of application under this subchapter or is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 411.173(a);   
(2)  is at least 21 years of age;
(3)  has not been convicted of a felony;
(4)  is not charged with the commission of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or of a felony under an information or indictment;
(5)  is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor;
(6)  is not a chemically dependent person;
(7)  is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
(8)  has not, in the five years preceding the date of application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code;
(9)  is fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun;
(10)  has not been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected by the attorney general;
(11)  has not been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state;
(12)  has not been finally determined to be in default on a loan made under Chapter 57, Education Code;
(13)  is not currently restricted under a court protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely affecting property interests;
(14)  has not, in the 10 years preceding the date of application, been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and
(15)  has not made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174 or in a request for application submitted pursuant to Section 411.175.
(b)  For the purposes of this section, an offense under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States is:
(1)  a felony if the offense is so designated by law or if confinement for one year or more in a penitentiary is affixed to the offense as a possible punishment; and
(2)  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.
(c)  An individual who has been convicted two times within the10-year period preceding the date on which the person applies for a license of an offense of the grade of Class B misdemeanor or greater that involves the use of alcohol or a controlled substance as a statutory element of the offense is a chemically dependent person for purposes of this section and is not qualified to receive a license under this subchapter. This subsection does not preclude the disqualification of an individual for being a chemically dependent person if other evidence exists to show that the person is a chemically dependent person.