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Posted at 8:14pm on Jan. 5, 2006 The Concealed Handgun Law: Ten Years Later
By MartyMcfly
Hey all. This is my first diary here at Red State, but I found this article I saw really interesting, as I am always curious about the impact of right-to-carry and concealed handgun laws.
From Dallas Blog
Hand Gun Editorial
VIEWPOINT: THE CONCEALED HANDGUN LAW: TEN YEARS LATER By Hon. Jerry Patterson
When the Texas Concealed Handgun Law took effect in 1996, pundits and naysayers predicted anarchy. Any minute, there would surely be mass violence as armed Texas citizens began roving the streets settling arguments with gunfire. Certainly, several proclaimed, within a year there would be blood in the streets as Texas returned to the days of the Wild West.
Ten years later the facts paint a different picture. Texas under the Concealed Handgun Law isn't the Wild West, but the Mild West. No recurrent shootouts at four-way stops, no blood in the streets. Quite the contrary, Texans are safer than before.
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