Swamped: Texas carry permit requests up 39%

The Texas Department of Public Safety is struggling to keep up the with demand for concealed handgun carry licenses, which have spiked nearly 40 percent in the past year. As a result of high demand, the agency is taking a month longer than the 60 days allowed by law to process original applications and 80 days longer on renewals, which are supposed to be handled within 45 days. In The Houston Chronicle.