Bad news, Grumpy Lumpy. Texas does not recognize a license from Virginia due to the fact that Virginia does not require all of the federal requirements for a license. Specifically, VA does not prohibit a mentally defective person from acquiring a license (That must be how you got yours ) Additionally, VA does not diqualify an individual from licensure who renounces his/her American citizenship, nor an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence assault. Since these are federal requirements, TX cannot recognize a VA license under the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution because the VA statute conflicts with the Federal statute and clear intentions of Congress. Make sense? Basically, until VA changes it's requirements for a license there, TX cannot even consider full reciprocity.

So, if you end up coming down to the reunion you will not technically have a license here in TX. However, if you need it, I got your back.
I'll bring my Russian SKS too, the one rifle I can actually shoot without giving myself a psuedo-mastectomy. You CAN transport a long arm without a license since there is no concealment issue.

Stephanie