I don't know anything about Texas, (except its beautiful of course.....) but here in Maryland there are issues about acquiring that can be based on money and deposits. I have a card from FL that gives me a lot of reciprocity in the states that I carry cash in, (I have a mobile vending business, we sell racing tires at race tracks) but I don't yet have a MD permit in my own state. I am eligible for one since I own a corporation licensed here, and have a small storefront address as well. My cash deposits are normally only a couple of grand at a time, but because our credit card and check deposits can sometime exceed ten grand in a weekend, the police are willing to issue me.
The goofy thing is that if another person, like a restaurant or theatre manager, made deposits that are way, way larger than mine, they still can NOT get the permit here, unless they OWN the company.
Obviously I am lucky that I fall within the guideline and will take full advantage of it, but it seems unfair to everyone else that lives here. There are employees of other companies around me, that handle WAY MORE CASH than I do, but can't get licensed. Doesn't seem right.
I know that someone reading this may chime in and say, "well, yes, if they represent the owner in deposit and banking with that kind of money their employer can sign off and get them a card," which is technically true, but the liablity and legal responsibilty of the carry, and any subsequent discharge, transfers directly and squarely back to the shoulders of the owner who signed off on that, so in practice, no one does it that way. Unless your employer is an armored truck service, the chance of him signing off on your getting a card here as an employee is like, nill.
-Quentin
Romans 10:13