nilla
Regular Member
ive been using my CHL as ID for credit card sales and age/ID checks. anybody else do this? any body think of a reason why this might be a bad thing?
i started doing this when a business employee was asking me about my gun and was perfectly oblivious to my dad standing right next to me because he was CCing.
maybe by showing my CHL as an ID when OCing will get people thinking about how many people are/might be carrying even tho they don't see it
the oregon CHL has similar information as the DL for ID verification (photo, name, address, age, height, weight, sex, signature)
once, one lady at the walmart ammo desk asked to see my DL instead. when i asked her why, since they are both government issued (county compared to state) she said that the CHL would be easier to fake than a DL. i hadn't thought about that. ... i guess i don't have a criminal mind, and i'm old enough that even if i did have a fake ID my knees will still ache when its gonna rain.
between the two my DL has a better pic with sharper resolution and is slightly larger, but i think i'm identifiable from either card.
my thought was that just because i have a DL doesn't mean i should be buying ammo. i'd take the CHL as more of an endorsement that i know what to do with the ammo, and i'm not gonna accidentally shoot my self or someone i love. i acknowledge that under the Gun Control Act of 1968; the legal age to purchase handgun/rifle ammo is 21/18 respectively. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968
don't get me wrong; i'm not going around, flashing my CHL like it's a picture of my kids. i've just been showing it when i would normally show my DL (thankfully i haven't been pulled over)
i haven't gotten any 'OMG' looks (its been mostly cashiers/waitresses) but its obvious that they are not used to the lay-out compared to the DL.
im waiting to be asked "well, where's your gun? i don't see it on your hip"
so any one else do/have done this?:question:
have any good/bad reasons for doing this?:question:
i started doing this when a business employee was asking me about my gun and was perfectly oblivious to my dad standing right next to me because he was CCing.
maybe by showing my CHL as an ID when OCing will get people thinking about how many people are/might be carrying even tho they don't see it
the oregon CHL has similar information as the DL for ID verification (photo, name, address, age, height, weight, sex, signature)
once, one lady at the walmart ammo desk asked to see my DL instead. when i asked her why, since they are both government issued (county compared to state) she said that the CHL would be easier to fake than a DL. i hadn't thought about that. ... i guess i don't have a criminal mind, and i'm old enough that even if i did have a fake ID my knees will still ache when its gonna rain.
between the two my DL has a better pic with sharper resolution and is slightly larger, but i think i'm identifiable from either card.
my thought was that just because i have a DL doesn't mean i should be buying ammo. i'd take the CHL as more of an endorsement that i know what to do with the ammo, and i'm not gonna accidentally shoot my self or someone i love. i acknowledge that under the Gun Control Act of 1968; the legal age to purchase handgun/rifle ammo is 21/18 respectively. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968
don't get me wrong; i'm not going around, flashing my CHL like it's a picture of my kids. i've just been showing it when i would normally show my DL (thankfully i haven't been pulled over)
i haven't gotten any 'OMG' looks (its been mostly cashiers/waitresses) but its obvious that they are not used to the lay-out compared to the DL.
im waiting to be asked "well, where's your gun? i don't see it on your hip"
so any one else do/have done this?:question:
have any good/bad reasons for doing this?:question: