for example of Texas. Before implementing their right to carry laws many citizens raised questions about minor incidents escalating into killings as the concealed carry law placed more guns in irresponsible hands. Concerns that were also raised were that criminals would be undeterred by an increase in armed citizens. Both of these predictions were wrong. According to the Violence Policy Center, Licensees were 5.7 times less likely to be arrested for violent offenses than the general public, which amounts to 127 persons per 100,000 versus 730 per 100,000. Licensees were 13.5 times less likely to be arrested for non-violent offenses than the general public 386 per 100,000 versus 5,212 per 100,000. No licensee had yet been arrested for negligent manslaughter. If the law were to be proposed for this state many would ask what are some of the strict guidelines which would be imposed to be a permit holder. Almost all states follow this set of standards. One must be 21 years of age, submit a photo and fingerprints for a background check, pay a training fee and take more than eight hours of course work. In addition to these preliminary processing steps, applicants must pass both a written test covering laws pertaining to deadly force and gun safety, and a shooting accuracy test.In the early 1990's Texas' serious crime rate was 38 percent above the national average. Since then serious crime in Texas has dropped 50% faster than for the nation as a whole. Texas is just one of the few states that has seen great results from this bill being enacted despite some of the public's concerns for what turned out to be misconstrued thoughts and ideas. Just as in Florida a few years back when their conceal to carry law was enacted, and results were blatantly obvious when the criminals were no longer attacking local citizens. But moving on to the individuals they knew couldn't carry concealed weapons, the tourists. That's why so many rental car age...
