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What rich turf for debate.

In 2014, there were 15,648,733 licensed drivers in Texas. There were 3,534 highway fatalities from the death dealing instruments of terror John Eagle sells without FBI background checks.

That same year, there were 825,957 CHL licenses. Tragically, inexcusably, there were 6 cases of murder and three of manslaughter among that group.

I would never trivialize loss of life by any mechanism, and we must work to promote a calm, peace-loving society.

But my calculator tells me a driver's license in the wallet is about 21 times more likely to kill than a handgun license.

Fortunately, even with texting teenagers, most of us can get where we need to in relative safety.

And I'm being unkind to car dealers. Highway fatality statistics are probably inflated with things like meteorite strikes in approved pedestrian crossings, loads of brickbats falling off passing 747's, and all manner of similar incidents not related to automobiles.