M he was hit. He told me impact of the bullet felt like he was hit by a sledgehammer and it's piercing of his skin felt as though a white hot poker had been rammed through him. The assailant left my friend for dead not realizing he had not fatally wounded him. My friend did fully recover but still has the scars to remember what had happened that night.When my friend first told me this story, I always though it was ironic how at the time conceal to carry laws in Texas, where this incident took place, were months away from being passed. I always pondered the idea what if he were allowed to carry a gun at the time this happened. Or even if he didn’t want to carry one, would it of deterred this individual from attacking my friend based on the premonition that he may have one on his person. Today there are many crimes in which I believe would be deterred and in fact be drastically reduced if we were to impose conceal and carry laws in this state. Today 31 states now have right to carry laws, respecting the fundamental individual right of self-defense by allowing people to carry firearms for protection against criminals. 127 million Americans, nearly half the u.s. population, including 60% of handgun owners, live in right to carry states (H. Sterling). In a landmark study Prof. John r. Lott and David B. Mustard of the University of Chicago, found that allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons deters violent crimes and it appears to produce no increase in accidental deaths. If those states which did not have right to carry concealed gun provisions had adopted them in 1992, approximately 1,570 murders; 4177 rapes; and over 60,000 aggravated assaults would have been avoided yearly. On the average, right to carry states have 26% less total violent crime, 20% less homicide, 2%less rape, 39% less robbery and 22% less aggravated assault. Many people today have many misconceptions about the right to carry laws being enacted. Take ...
