DPS Processing backlog

[Ruark]

If it's taking a long time to get your LTC or renewal, this might explain it....

From Facebook:

Per a report on 90.1 FM Texas Department of Public Safety is overwhelmed with Licenses to Carry applications. The backlog is so great they are going to add additional shifts and work 24 hours per day, 7 days per week until they are caught up. The news report said DPS received over 136,000 applications between Dec. 1, 2015 and Feb. 29, 2016. That is almost 2,500 per work day!

[tomtexan]

Anyone want to speculate on why the sudden big surge?

Was it open carry?

The reduced hours for the class?

[jrs_diesel]

I think several high profile shootings and terrorist events had something to do with it.

[MWilliams66]

Anyone want to speculate on why the sudden big surge?

Was it open carry?

The reduced hours for the class?

My reason was nothing more than I'd been putting it off for a while and finally decided it was time. It just happened to coincide with everyone else deciding it was their time at the same time that it was my time.

[TexasJohnBoy]

The gun control rhetoric from ridiculous politicians probably has something to do with it as well...

[Cjwglock19]

Man glad my address change only took a little over a week!

[TangoX-ray]

Anyone want to speculate on why the sudden big surge?

Was it open carry?

The reduced hours for the class?

My reason was nothing more than I'd been putting it off for a while and finally decided it was time. It just happened to coincide with everyone else deciding it was their time at the same time that it was my time.

Same here. I took my class the weekend after the Mardi Gras festivities had wrapped up.

[ifpo238]

Open carry did it for me. I'd let mine lapse after they made keeping one in the car legal, but I wanted to re-up now that open carry is a possibility.

-j