A number of years ago Texas passed a carry law. I then took the course
and passed the security check and obtained a permit.

After this law was passed the Liberal left passed some laws on where
you could carry and when I went out carrying I normally left the
weapon in my car because I could not go in so many places due to the
restrictions.

As a note, after passage of the carry law, crime went DOWN in Texas
(and Houston for sure).

The latest legislation session passed a law that legal permit owners
could carry in government buildings (which had been off limits prior.

Slow but sure and we will be able to protect ourselves from predators
in society (or eliminate them)

Texas also made pacts with adjacent States to have ours and their
carry permits recognized in these States and Texas.

It's a start. We now need to keep pushing as Police can not stop
crime. Ask them. All they can do is come after the fact and collect
evidence for the DA.

Enough of my rant.

Big John
Legal to carry
(And I shoot Expert)


On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:49:27 -0500, "Rick Pellicciotti"
wrote:

The criminals shoot the defenseless people they rob because they don't want
to be identified and testified against. Also, in gangs, you get extra
credit for shooting whoever you robbed. When I renewed my concealed carry
permit a few months ago, I sat in a class with a guy that was car-jacked and
shot by a 14 year old boy. This guy spent a month in the hospital and a
year doing rehab. Up until that happened, this person had never considered
owning a gun.

The cold, hard facts are that since concealed carry has come into play in my
state, violent crime, robberies and car jackings are down 50 to 70%.

Rick Pellicciotti

"Wooduuuward" wrote in message
...
This mornings inside page headline in the newspaper reads:
"Bandits kill store owner"
The subheading reads:
"Police acknowledge it was a vicious crime"

The story goes on to tell how the store owner was shot dead
for the cash in the register. It also goes on to state the store
was one that sold pillows, sheets, towels and blankets.
So, broad daylight, and not even a convenience store, ( the
normal profile ).

A gas bar attendant survived being shot in the stomach and the
arm earlier in the month.

If the criminals know regular people don't have guns, why shoot them?


Mike Borgelt wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 04:41:39 GMT, Richard Lamb
wrote:



Del Rawlins wrote:

On 10 Jul 2003 06:06 PM, Wooduuuward posted the following:

I know, I know, there's lots of good reasons to disarm regular
folks.

1. To reduce the number of occupational injuries suffered by
criminals.
2. Elimination of the last resort defense against tyrannical
governments.
3. To provide taxpayer funded jobs associated with the disarmament
beaurocracy.
4. Job security for police due to increased crime.
5. A means for PETA and its ilk to prevent most people from hunting.
6. Virtually guarantees that if a madman *does* get ahold of a gun,
that
nobody nearby will be capable of stopping him.

I think that about covers it.

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pretty damn well, Del

7. Politicians responsible get to grandstand and boast about how much
safer they have made everyone.

Mike Borgelt