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As the title indicated, this was the third "report" VPC published using that bogus title. This one was published in August 2000 and it drew quick response. Largely as a result of this report, Texas law changed as to what could and could not be published by DPS. Most notably, DPS was prohibited from posting arrest statistics, because they were grossly misleading. After the change, DPS can post only convictions. As most people interested in this issue are aware, CHLs are far less likely to commit a crime than the general population, as proven by the now-accurate DPS conviction statistics.

When accurate conviction rates were published, VPC abandoned their three year effort to undermine the Texas CHL program. As a side note, Travis County Constable Bruce Elfant (precinct ?) used the same bogus data to travel to another state (Missouri I believe) to testify in hearing on their CHL bill about how terrible and dangerous it was in Texas since CHL passed. Elfant was reported to have used county funds to fax his anti-gun political propaganda and it was rumored that he used county money to make the trip to Missouri. To my knowledge, this was never confirmed. Of course long time anti-gun Travis County DA Ronnie Earle would never dream of investigating and/or prosecuting Elfant, a fellow anti-gunner!

Chas.