If you misplaced your driver's license, would you use your CCW as a form of ID?

No, it has no picture on it, plus I have a Federal ID on me, my Green Card.

I keep my DL and CCH license stacked atop each other in my window-wallet. So, when I slap it open to show my ID I don't have to remove it. I wrote a check the other day and they wanted me to actually pull out my DL and give it to them, so I did...exposing what looked exactly like another DL behind it (except it was marked CCH rather than DL) the pimple faced kid behind the register asked me why I had two driver's licenses. I told him "one's for my friend here but they needed a picture so they put mine on it because I'm the only one who can see him."

I make it a point to NEVER EVER show my CCH in public or to purposefully print my sidearm. I find that the kind of folks who do are a disappointment.
I have pulled my CCH out one time, at the gun shop...when a fella was asking about the classes and the clerk was too young to have taken them so couldn't answer his questions. I pulled it out for the fella when he asked "is it exactly like a driver's license?" It wasn't like show-and-tell day.

no, never did that. but on a dare I did actually pull out a disposable enema, a tube of KY gel and two tampons, one taken out of the wrapper and put them on the counter while I was "looking through my pockets for my license"

Clerk didn't even notice.

One gotcha in Texas is that if you lose your Drivers License your CHL license is not valid so gotta watch that here......the DL must accompany your CHL if you are carrying.

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I must have missed that part in the CHL class and when reading Texas code. Can you cite the section of code for that? It was my understanding that the CHL could be used as a valid ID. As a mattter of fact, I think I recall something about needig a valid DL OR a valid state ID to apply for a CHL...not everyone has a drivers license. My mother-in-law has never had a drivers license but is completelt leigible for a CHL.

Tx Jim said:

Can you cite the section of code for that?

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TX Government Code sec 411.205(a)

§ 411.205. DISPLAYING LICENSE; PENALTY. (a) If a license holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder display identification, the license holder shall display both the license holder's driver's license or identification certificate issued by the department and the license holder's handgun license. A person who fails or refuses to display the license and identification as required by this subsection is subject to suspension of the person's license as provided by Section 411.187.

Carry the both, or don't carry.

For some reason, I took my DL out of wallet and left on my desk. Had to fly the next day and did not realize until I was in the "papers, please" line at airport. Airport was BWI (in Baltimore, MD), and the TSA check-in clerk didn't know what a (Pennsylvania) CWP was:banghead:. She called the supervisor over and he said, "No problem, have a nice trip". Returning from Ohio, they just waved me through.

At the risk of getting flamed, I voted yes I would "IF" I misplaced my DL and "IF" I really had to.
However, I never advertize my postion or my piece on myself or on my property. I know where I stand and until it matters no one else needs to. My instructor said something that has always stuck with me, "Save the bumpersticker for the range box."

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One gotcha in Texas is that if you lose your Drivers License your CHL license is not valid so gotta watch that here......the DL must accompany your CHL if you are carrying.

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§ 411.205. DISPLAYING LICENSE; PENALTY. (a) If a license holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder display identification, the license holder shall display both the license holder's driver's license or identification certificate issued by the department and the license holder's handgun license. A person who fails or refuses to display the license and identification as required by this subsection is subject to suspension of the person's license as provided by Section 411.187.

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No where in the code does it say anything about the CHL being invalid. Not having a valid CHL would mean that you are going to jail for the illegal possesion of a concealed weapon...that is not what this code says. We are really talking about two different charges here...one is way more severe than the other. Second point being...a driver's license is not required...just a second form of ID issued by DPS i.e. a state ID card. Third point...the second ID is only required when dealing with a magistrate or peace officer when he/she demands Identification i.e. in a traffic stop or something. The CHL is an approved form of valid ID for anything and everything that a DL License or State ID would be valid for.

I know I was playing with symantics but the point is a DL is not required...only a second form of ID issued by DPS and only when dealing with a magistrate or peace officer. losing the DL or State ID does not make the CHL invalid...a simple reissuance of said ID would be in order but it does not invalidate the CHL. Wrong information on the CHL (for a reasonable period of time) does not make it invalid either. I recently purchased a new house and had to have my DL renewed with new address. I received my new DL in 10 days but a new CHL could take up to 60 days. I called DPS (twice just to make sure...speaking with different reps) who said that i was still legally allowed to carry eventhough the addresses did not match.

Sure...it's a picture ID and every bit as viable as a driver's license.

I use mine for ID all the time. No big deal.

I also carry while imbibing adult beverages, but I draw the line at acid. If I plan on doing acid, the guns are put away - no exceptions.

Biker

Ours looks really close to our driver's license, mine even have the same numbers on them. On days when I am not driving, don't plan to drive especially if I am dressed down to go flot the river of somthing, I will carry just my CWL especially since I usually have the CCW with me as well. I used it for ID all the time. Buy smokes, beer (to be consumed later) or to rwite a check, they sit in my wallet in the same pocket, whichever one is on top gets used. May be the state I am in, but not one funny glance or even a second look.

Of course, I use it to buy new firearms as well as this lets me avoid the hassle of the NICS check.

If I had to, yes. They might choose to refuse it if your CCW permit doesn't have a photo on it (like our state).


It's the other way around for me. I must have one of the last non-photo driver's licenses in the U.S. That will end in April when I have to renew it. I use my military ID with my DL if they want a photo ID. If they insist on a photo ID with my address on it my CCL is the only thing I have.

Funny this question came up. I'm in S. Florida and used my FL CWP yesterday as a second form of ID when making a purchase @ Neiman Marcus as they were looking up my Credit card info. My drivers license still has my Old Address and my CWP has the correct address to match my billing statement.

When I got printed for an out-of-state CCW, I gave the local officer my NY license, along with my DL. He said, "Oh, I don't need that." Funny, because the NY one meant I'd already been printed.

Slightly related:
We used to go to a sushi place that had this really funny waitress. Good kid, owned about five ferrets, two birds, etc. One night I clipped my NRA card onto the tablet with the bill. She didn't look until she got to the register. Very funny.

I also carry while imbibing adult beverages, but I draw the line at acid. If I plan on doing acid, the guns are put away - no exceptions.

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LOL! Well I guess you have to draw the line somewhere.
I use mine whenever a second form of id is required.

At Airports and Post Offices

I use one of my Florida CCW's (I have the original one and one with my updated address) all the time at airports. It makes it much less likely that I would leave my driver's license at the rental car counter or somewhere else.

I just used my CCW to pick up a package at a post office in Bloombergville. The clerk did not bat an eye...

Sure, I left my DL on my scanner at home and used my Handgun permit at Gander Mountain as ID for my credit card.

RH

Once at Kohl's I was writnig acheck for my purchase and they needed a second picture ID. Showed the clerk my CPL had no problem getting the check ok'd.

Used mine throughtout Australia. New Zealand on a three week trip whenever they asked for ID on a CC purchase. Got a lot of fun reactions. Have used it here when bank tellers get overzealous. Love the look on their faces. The person they always go to for permission to cash the check usually does a double take on it as well.

They are an acceptable form of ID in Banking.

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My employer's bank requires two valid, government issued photo ids to cash a payroll check if the person does not have an account. Since I don't carry a passport, the carry permit is the second id. Only one teller has ever made a comment, and that was to the effect that it was not a government issued id. I asked her when the state of Florida stopped being a government, and the branch manager told her to accept the id. Other than that, they don't bat an eyelash. I am not the only person who uses it as a second form of id.

Like Texasrifleman said is not very useful here without your DL........ and no I haven't tried to use it. but I would like to do it just to see some reactions..lol

It would do no good here in AZ as it has no picture. In fact, it is supposed to be accompanied by picture ID.

I used it once when they did not accept my DL since it has the wrong address. CCW has my current address.

Originally posted by Werewolf: I explain that the CCW (picture ID in OK) is issued by the OSBI, verifies that I've been vetted as a good guy by the city, state and federal governments and is way better ID than a DL.

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No it doesnt. All it means is that you passed a background check. Plain and simple.

No

If I misplaced my drivers license, I would use my commission card as a form
of picture ID; and it also has my thumb prints on the reverse side, with all
the necessary information~!