At least one expert believes that CCLs are not the Wild West-causing bugaboo you think they are, too, though.
EDIT: not to mention the number of states adopting 'shall issue' conceal-carry laws increased dramatically about the same time (24 states since 1991; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States) and look for the blue states). I cannot claim there is a correlation because no one (to my knowledge) has attempted to prove a correlation. This also means that you cannot claim no correlation, however.
There's also a study conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety in 2011 that showed that two-tenths of 1% of all crimes in the state (120 out of 63,679) were by CCW holders. This is Texas we're talking about here. If we can't create this perfect storm of out-of-control cowboy wannabes that the gun control advocates keep claiming will happen, then no one can.
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Date: 31/5/13 15:10 (UTC)EDIT: not to mention the number of states adopting 'shall issue' conceal-carry laws increased dramatically about the same time (24 states since 1991; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States) and look for the blue states). I cannot claim there is a correlation because no one (to my knowledge) has attempted to prove a correlation. This also means that you cannot claim no correlation, however.
There's also a study conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety in 2011 that showed that two-tenths of 1% of all crimes in the state (120 out of 63,679) were by CCW holders. This is Texas we're talking about here. If we can't create this perfect storm of out-of-control cowboy wannabes that the gun control advocates keep claiming will happen, then no one can.