Posts under ‘Concealed Carry Laws and Weapons’

Fact: The results for the first 30 states that passed “shall-issue” laws for concealed carry permits are similar.
Fact: The general public is:1

5.7 times more likely to be arrested for violent offenses than CCW permit holders.

13.5 times more likely to be arrested for non-violent offenses than the than CCW permit holders.

Fact: In Texas, the general public [...]

Fact: 66% of police chiefs believe that citizens carrying concealed firearms reduce rates of violent crime.1
Fact: “All the horror stories I thought would come to pass didn’t happen …I think it’s worked out well, and that says good things about the citizens who have permits. I’m a convert.”2
Fact: “I … [felt] that such legislation present[ed] [...]

Fact: Forty states1 , comprising the majority of the American population, are “right-to-carry” states. Statistics show that in these states the crime rate fell (or did not rise) after the right-to-carry law became active (as of July, 2006). Nine states deny or restrict the right to carry.
Fact: Crime rates involving gun owners with carry permits [...]

Fact: In 80% of gun defenses, the defender used a concealable handgun. A quarter of the gun defenses occurred in places away from the defender’s home.1
Fact: 77% of all violent crime occurs in public places.2 This makes concealed carry necessary for almost all self-defense needs. But due to onerous laws forbidding concealed carry, only 26.8% [...]

Texas state representative, Suzanna Gratia-Hupp, gives very moving and bold testimony about the second amendment.

Background Information:
On Wednesday, October 16, 1991, Hupp and her parents were having lunch at the Luby’s in Killeen. She had left her handgun in her car to comply with Texas state law at the time which forbade carrying a [...]