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AUSTIN, Texas – Texans who want a license to carry a handgun can now apply through a new state website launched Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Texas Department of Public Safety launched RSD Connect Thursday. The system replaces the state’s previous handgun licensing platform and allows users to apply for a license to carry and check the status of the application. Users can also renew existing licenses.<\/p>\n Texans can submit new applications <\/p>\n DPS paused the submission of LTC applications in September to allow data to be moved to the new platform.<\/p>\n The agency said new applications can now be submitted and previous applications that were not processed before the data migration will start being processed.<\/p>\n The platform will also allow instructors to create and manage handgun licensing courses.\u00a0<\/p>\n How much does a handgun license cost in Texas? <\/p>\n In order to obtain a License to Carry in Texas, an application must be submitted. The standard cost for the application is $40. Some people may qualify for a discount<\/a>.<\/p>\n First-time applicants must also submit to fingerprinting<\/a>.<\/p>\n Applicants must also complete an instruction course. The classroom portion can be completed online or in-person. Even if you take the online course, the required range instruction and shooting assessment must be completed in person.<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this article comes from the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n Texas<\/a>Gun Laws<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article AUSTIN, Texas – Texans who want a license to carry a handgun can now apply through a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1046,95016,223,287,216,393],"class_list":["post-454189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-gun-laws","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}