Why Are Permit Applications Up In A Constitutional Carry State?

I think you hit the nail on the head.

I the states see an opportunity to get some income.

SGT (Join to see) it's gotten cheaper to renew in GA, you don't need a new set of fingerprints each time.

SSG Samuel Kermon - If they can pass LEOSA, which gives active, prior, and retired LEOs a "national carry" CCW, why can't they do the same for active duty military, veterans, and retired military?
Then we can work on 100% "civilian reciprocity", with a star in the upper right corner of a CCW that means it MUST be accepted in every state in the Union. That's what they are doing with driver licenses --- show enough papers saying who you are and where you live, and you get a star in the upper right corner of your license, indicating "REAL ID".

Then you have states like Georgia and South Carolina where a South Carolina ccw was not valid in Georgia so I had to get a South Carolina ccw and a Utah license in order to carry legally in Georgia South Carolina Virginia West Virginia and Ohio.

I also remember when I first got my Ohio ccw I couldn’t legally carry in West Virginia.

So even though I could see West Virginia from my house and almost see Georgia from my house in South Carolina I required two different permits to be legal. SGT Steve McFarland

Yes but even with LEOSA don’t officers still have to follow any crazy no hi cap mag laws? I know in New Jersey for instance officers could carry high cap mags on duty and then when they had their personal ccw they had to use low cap mags. Insanity. CW3 Harvey K.

MAJ (Join to see) - That magazine capacity limitation does not reasonably seem to apply to "active duty" NJ LEOs, who should not need a CCW when they have their badge and police ID. It seems (slightly) more likely to apply to retired NJ LEOs, who may get a CCW but they should be covered under LEOSA. Of course, in New Jersey there's no limit to the stupidity of the bureaucratic nonsense about gun "regulations".
What screws up ANY off-duty LEO who doesn't have a valid, "acceptable" local state CCW is that he is a federal felon if he is armed within 1,000 feet of a school. How likely is that? Here is a map of the "forbidden areas" in San Francisco. Much the same "felony zones" will be found in any city.


https://sfplanning.org/resource/areas-within-1000-feet-san-francisco-school?page=2337