Guns, Everywhere

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24. CCers have better records than the general public.

Texas annually publishes a list of convictions of people with CHLs along with a breakdown of what the crimes were and also how many convictions were made for the general public. The CCers are extremely law-abiding. For example, in 2009 (Last year data is available) out of 2603 convictions for "Assault with a Deadly Weapon" only 4 were done by CHL holders. 406 murder convictions but only one (1) by a CHL holder.
Texas link: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/ConvictionRatesReport2009.pdf

Even if you use the VPC's grossly inflated numbers (They list suicides by poison as a CCW killer.) you still get a much lower gun violence rate than the general public.
VPC link:http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/ccwtotalkilled.pdf (WARNING: Very slow PDF load.)
Scroll down some and you will see these two entries:

Michigan
# Concealed Handgun Permit Holder: Name Not Provided
SUICIDE
Date: Between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009
People Killed: 28
Circumstances: Between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, Michigan State Police report
that 28 Michigan concealed handgun permit holders took their own lives. In their annual
report, the Michigan State Police do not release the victim’s name, the exact date of the
suicide, nor the type of weapon used in the suicide.

Michigan
# Concealed Handgun Permit Holder: Name Not Provided
SUICIDE
Date: Between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008
People Killed: 29
Circumstances: Between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, Michigan State Police report
that 29 Michigan concealed handgun permit holders took their own lives. In their annual
report, the Michigan State Police do not release the victim’s name, the exact date of the
suicide, nor the type of weapon used in the suicide.

What do those suicides have to do with CCW? Nothing, but VPC uses them to pad their numbers by 57. Even using VPC's padded numbers CCWers are super safe.