Is there any intelligent life at DPS?

[Venus Pax]

The Second Amendment is a right. An act associated with that right costs $140 to exercise.

A driver's license is a privilege. Isn't that in the ball park of $25? (I only paid $10 last time I had to get my address changed with them.)

What gives?

[anygunanywhere]

What gives?

It is a "reasonable restriction". One of those "common sense gun laws".

Anygunanywhere

[NathanJK]

Like many working poor, we didn't know the system, and we had no clue what we were "entitled" to.

Having also been pretty darn poor for a while, I can sympathize. You also have to factor in that some people will not take what they are "entitled" to no matter what. While there was a time I probably could have applied for a food stamp card, the thought never crossed my mind. I'd rather rack up more debt for a while and eat beans than take hand outs. Lowering the cost of getting a CHL makes sense in my mind! Of course, I'm also willing to pay the 140 bucks for one because it IS worth it.

[Liberty]

But it's not. Income from CHLs goes into the state's general fund.

Your right, but the CHL program was expected to be revenue positive or neutral, and not cost the state anything.

I don't know what it actually cost them, but I do know that they send troopers to courthouses to check the records. This has to eat up a substanbtial portion of the costs. I understand the frustrations, of paying for a right. I do believe that the legislature isn't going to be in any mood to cut any income. 2009 is going to be a tough year. Fairness has nothing to do with it, but 2009 isn't gonna b e the year.