Read the article here. While we can certainly argue why getting a permit is even necessary to exercise a fundamental human and constitutional right, the fact is that the more people who get permits, the harder it will be for power-hungry politicians to take away our right to bear arms.(Click to enlarge. Graphic: Dallas Morning News)
The jerk of the handgun knocked Pam Denman back a bit.
Before recently she had never held a gun – much less fired one.
She's not alone.
Mrs. Denman is one of more than 52,000 people in the state who have submitted an application for a first-time concealed handgun license or renewal since the beginning of the year, according to figures from the Texas Department of Public Safety. That is an almost 5 percent increase over the first six months of 2007.
The crunch – which some say is spurred by concerns about rising crime, the state's new castle law and uncertainty about future gun laws – has created a ballooning backlog of applications for the department and angered gun proponents.
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