GAO report on concealed carry in America

[Atypical Liberal]

23. "Eight million lunatics"?

Eight million lunatics out there living in a fantasy that this is the old west and they are defending the homestead or whatever. When will we wake up and do whatever it takes to end this insanity?

I think you need to do a little research on CCW permit holders.

Not all states publish the data, but for those that do, the data is very clear. States like Texas routinely publish conviction data for CCW permit holders, from everything from Public Lewdness to Homicide.

And what the data shows is that CCW permit holders are less likely to be involved in any kind of crime - let alone firearm-related crime, than a random sampling from the general population.

These eight million people are not lunatics, either literally or figuratively. They are hyper-law abiding people, people willing to go to the trouble and expense for the ability to carry a concealed weapons.