Nothing I saw in Strickland's bill eliminated the CHL, just the need. Which is what I want. The need to be removed, but the license to remain.
Something people seem to forget is that the CHL allows you to bypass background checks when buying guns locally. That is a nice little time saver for me. I always get delayed when I go to buy a gun. Always.
Yes, that is a nice perk.
IMO another important issue that this bill addresses which, from what I can tell, both of the licensed OC bills fail to address is the requirement to ID on demand. Not only is the requirement to ID on demand unconstitutional and intrusive, it isn't even consistent with Texas ID laws. In fact, it is grossly inconsistent with them, seeing how in Texas you aren't even required to ID when
lawfully detained, outside of being a CHL holder while carrying. That section should not have ever been written in the first place. The penalty has been removed, but that section needs to be repealed. This bill does that.