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chamberc wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:16 am

AndyC1911 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:14 am You're right, of course - privacy is pretty much gone these days but we can/should still be alert for creeping government encroachment, which I believe is the larger concern behind 1wise1's post.

I agree wholeheartedly... Just don't want people going around thinking they have privacy... they don't.

I remember MANY years ago the 1st public cameras that I knew of in Angelina County were put up in one of the high crime areas and were there to stop the plague of public prostitution. I admit it pretty well did the job. BUT every time someone gave an AttaBoy there I asked them What they would think of the cameras when it someday became against the law to own and carry a Bible publicly.
OF course their response was, "Never Happen." Mine then, Read History.

comsec wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:27 pm Absolutely will renew here. Any arguments against are specious IMHO. Benefits greatly outweigh the modest cost.

Agree completely. Mine has to renew by Jan.14,2022 and I have not hesitated. Checked the DPS web site and it said "MAILED".

LTUME1978 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:49 pm I am with Andy on this. I plan to keep my license based on the data that Mr. Cotton has shared in the past. If I remember correctly (please correct me if I am wrong), police are 7 times more likely to commit a crime than a LTC holder. The general population is 20 + times more likely to commit a crime than a LTC holder. Why give up your LTC and drop yourself into a group that is much more likely to commit a crime. A large portion of the police know these statistics and respect/appreciate LTC holders.

Agree w/ everything above. The 2 stats given are the ones I used in class before I retired. I also added one. I have pastored a Country Baptist Church since 1974. I also told my class if all preachers are put in a group I don't have the numbers because the stated of Texas does not keep stats on the group, BUT, sadly preachers get arrested more often than LTC holders too. I would ask them when was the last time a preacher mad the news for crime and arrest. Then when was the last time they read in the news about a LTC holder arrested. Never got any argument.
There is not a group that I know of with a better "No Arrest" record than LTC holders.