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by txyaloo
Wed May 05, 2021 6:28 pm
Forum: General Legislative Discussions
Topic: HB 1927 on the Senate floor now
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Re: HB 1927 on the Senate floor now

Papa_Tiger wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 6:20 pm
txyaloo wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 6:09 pm
bbhack wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 6:00 pm Who is this senator lying about 3 1/2 percent of Texans are gum owners?
3.5% of Texans are LTC holders. I don't think he was talking about total gun owners
Even that statement is incorrect. Per DPS at the end of 2020 there were 1,626,242 Active LTC holders. Per the 2020 Census there were 29,183,290 people in Texas. That equates to 5.5% of the population with an LTC.

You don't need to own a gun to have a LTC, and there are a very large number of ineligible persons (under age, felons, etc.) that cannot get an LTC so nothing can be inferred about gun ownership rates based on the number of LTCs.
You're right. Traditionally the numbers given by DPS showed ~3.5% of the population has had an LTC. Looks like that's gone up a decent amount over the last 2-3 years.
by txyaloo
Wed May 05, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: General Legislative Discussions
Topic: HB 1927 on the Senate floor now
Replies: 387
Views: 147925

Re: HB 1927 on the Senate floor now

bbhack wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 6:00 pm Who is this senator lying about 3 1/2 percent of Texans are gum owners?
3.5% of Texans are LTC holders. I don't think he was talking about total gun owners

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