Not compared to California:
Payment to county sheriff's office for application: $103
Payment to county sheriff's office for Live Scan: $95
Payment for instruction: $150
Total for new permit: $348
Renewal Fee: $25 -ish
Renewal training: $150
Total for renewal: $175
Also, CA licenses are only good for two years.
In case you ain't noticed, this ain't California. Ya'll have done it to yourselves - sorry to sound so cold-blooded, but ya'll have allowed the libs to inject themselves so deeply into your political fabric it ain't funny.
They would give a DA or a city or county an opinion.
No "stranglehold of bureaucracy" here. (Although that phrase would fit into my "dramatic flair" catagory)
I get frustrated with Constables and Campus Cops. They aren't the sharpest LEO's in Texas. There are exceptions but this guy fit the mold of a very dull tack.