I'm glad that we now have "shall issue" carry in TX, thanks in no small part to Patterson, but if we truly had our "constitutional right to keep and bear arms" restored, we wouldn't have to apply and pay for permission to do so.
In light of some of the hot rhetoric flowing about more gun control laws in Canada, you may find this enlightening.
"...if we truly had our "constitutional right to keep and bear arms" restored, we wouldn't have to apply and pay for permission to do so."
That is THE major problem with CCW laws. Any time you need to get a "permit" to do something that is a "right" guaranteed by the Constitution, the powers to be who issued the "permit" can withdraw the same. So much for the "Right to keep and Bear Arms".