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mojo84 wrote:

TXBO wrote:

mojo84 wrote:The problem with your first point, I don't think whether OC passes or not has one bit of effect on whether a criminal carries a gun or not. Criminals are already carrying guns. Matter of fact, I've had friends and family members that carried guns concealed long before the chl law passed and continued to carry without getting their chl afterwards.

Laws only effect the law abiding citizen on a daily basis and non-law abiding when they get caught.

True. The real benefit of unlicensed carry would be closing the income gap of those who carry. John Lott has done studies showing the correlation of participation and price of licensing. There are also documented studies in TX showing the participation gap among higher median income zip codes and the lower zips in TX. Last I checked, TX has a top 3 price in the nation to exercise your right to bear arms.

ETA.... Both of those studies are posted on this forum somewhere.

Why did you quote me? I didn't say anything about the fees or costs to get a license. I'm all for reducing the fees or eliminating them. We are talking about open carry and criminals carrying our not.

mojo84 wrote:The problem with your first point, I don't think whether OC passes or not has one bit of effect on whether a criminal carries a gun or not. Criminals are already carrying guns. Matter of fact, I've had friends and family members that carried guns concealed long before the chl law passed and continued to carry without getting their chl afterwards.

Laws only effect the law abiding citizen on a daily basis and non-law abiding when they get caught.