A license to carry a handgun in Texas used to be unaffordable for many Texans, including Cole Parker of Deer Park.
That changed Sept. 1, he said, when a new state law went into effect, significantly reducing the cost to get a license to carry a handgun. The law, Senate Bill 16, lowers the first-time fee for a five-year license to carry from $140 to $40 and the renewal fee from $70 to $40.
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