Stand Your Ground? Texas man kills teacher over noise complaint

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270. More data:

Texas adult population: About 18,000,000. In 2009 there were 402,914 CHL holders. You can do the math. LINK: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/chl/reports/demographics.htm

Lots of other information at that site about CHL holders too. For instances, we are overwhelmingly urban.

Violent crimes are the ones of concern. People who are against CCW are fond of claiming that we are a violent threat to society. This proves that we are not.

Out of the 38 states that are shall-issue, none have seen any movement to repeal it. That strongly suggests that it is working well in those states.

There is no reason to believe that the Texas experience is different from other states with similar laws.

The reason that CHLers have such a good record is because we are heavily screened before the license is issued. We have to submit to fingerprints being taken and matched, an FBI background investigation, and other requirements. Demographics (same link) show that the peak age for first issue is age 52. By that time a criminal has usually been caught at least once, has a record, and would be denied a license. The CHL is only issued to those who have clean records. Criminals are screened out, and that covers the rest of your crime list, except petty stuff like getting a traffic ticket. (I got a two of those since getting my CHL in 2005.)