Why would you not carry a gun in Church?

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84. Why would you fear me?

Yes, I do observe people and determine what they are likely like, what they likely want, and lots of other fairly accurate guesses about them. We all do that all the time. It is called "reading people" and is a highly prized interpersonal skill. Since you want laws to control other people's behavior, when that behavior represents no harm to you, then my read is that you are a controller.

However it may be that you are poorly informed about LEGAL concealed carry. The State of Texas, Department of Public Safety, maintains and publishes, online, a year database Concealed Handgun License statistics. Here is the link for conviction of violent crimes data, comparing CHL holders to the general public. http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/chl/reports/convrates.htm You will notice that convictions for CHL holders for violent crimes are rare and for most of the crimes we have zero convictions. There is no reason to think that Texas' experience is signifigantly different than any other state with similar laws. We are extremely safe to be around, and there is the possibility that if violent crime comes calling on you while we are there that we might save you. It has happened before and been posted about here, that a legally armed citizen stopped a violent felony in progress. In fact, there have been several mass shootings that were stopped by a CCWer.

The person that you should fear is the person who carries ILLEGALLY. He is a lawbreaker.

Many who are against guns do not distinguish between those legally armed and those illegally armed. We are not the same. Any laws that you pass will only disarm the legal carriers as the illegal ones are already breaking the law by carrying. They will merely continue to break the law just as they did before. You would have rendered me defenseless against violent crime and have done nothing to improve your own safety.