Concealed weapons on the increase in Texas...

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Texas sees rush on concealed-gun license applications: Permits may top 400,000

In the first half of this year, the Concealed Handgun Licensing Bureau at the Texas Department of Public Safety handled an average of 12,700 applications a month compared with 8,700 during the same period in 2008, a 46 percent increase.

A healthy percentage of those applicants are from West Texas, particularly from Lubbock and Randall counties. Potter County, which has roughly the same population as Randall County, has a significantly lower number of residents with concealed-gun licenses.

"The bureau hired more than 50 temporary employees to assist in alleviating the backlog," DPS spokeswoman Lisa Block said. "Thanks to those individuals, the bureau is now back to the point of entering new applications into the system as they arrive."

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"I am not surprised," said state Rep. David Swinford, who has a license to carry a concealed gun.

"People are applying for licenses because they see a need for it," the Dumas Republican said. "We have so much distrust of Congress and the president about the right to bear arms."
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/091509/new_news2.shtml

I'm not quite sure how my concealed carry permit protects me from Congress or the President's views on the right to keep and bear arms (RKBA).