HCI's bushandguns.com website...

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mk86fcc

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Came across this gem while looking for something else...

From: http://www.bushandguns.com/pages/concealed.html
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>According to a 2000 report prepared by the Violence Policy Center, "License to Kill III: Texas Concealed Handgun Law's Legacy of Crime and Violence", since the law took effect, concealed handgun licensees in Texas have been arrested 3,370 times for crimes (emphasis their's) ranging from DWI to indecency with a child to rape and murder.
Twenty-three concealed handgun licensees have been convicted of murder in Texas. Here's the full list:

23 for murder
60 for rape/sexual assault
527 for assault
873 for weapons-related offenses
41 for indecency with a child
15 for impersonating a police officer
100 for sexual misconduct
207 for burglary, robbery, theft, larceny [/quote]

In actuality, according to Texas' own statistics, the number of permit holders arrested for murder/manslaughter as of May, 2000 (the latest available) is 27 - with only three resulting in convictions. This was not tough information to find. It's right on the Texas DPS website
<A HREF="http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/2000arroflicholders.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/2000arroflicholders.htm[/UR L]

along with the numbers to debunk all the other claims.

Also found this handy voting guide from HCI of people who deserve election/re-election (and to think I was disappointed McCollum won the primary here in Florida):
http://www.handguncontrol.org/ddozen/</A>

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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed

[This message has been edited by mk86fcc (edited September 22, 2000).]
 
Sorry mk86fcc,
Went to their website.....but involuntary gag reflex got the best of me.....had to leave.
What a crock of bull droppings! :(

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It's pretty obvious they have no interest in reducing crime. It's all about control to them. It really is.
 
http://www.ncpa.org/press/nr080900a.html


For Immediate Release August 9, 2000

Texas' Concealed Carry Law Works, Says NCPA Report


DALLAS (August 9, 2000) - A recent report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) shows that Texans with concealed carry permits are far less likely to commit a serious crime than the average citizen.

This report counters the claims made in the Violence Policy Center's study "License to Kill III," released today.

"Many predicted that minor incidents would escalate into bloody shootouts if Texas passed a concealed-carry law," said H. Sterling Burnett, a senior policy analyst at the NCPA and the author of the report. "That prediction was dead wrong."

In 1995, Texas Gov. George W. Bush signed a law granting Texans the right to carry concealed firearms. This made Texas the 23 state to pass a concealed carry law since 1986.

According to the report, the slightly more than 200,000 Texans who have become licensed to carry a concealed firearm are much more law-abiding than the average person. Comparing arrest rates for example:


Texans who exercise their right to carry firearms are 5.7 times less likely to be arrested for a violent offense.

They are 14 times less likely to be arrested for a non-violent offense.

They are 1.4 times less likely to be arrested for murder.
Moreover, of the six licensees who were arrested and tried for murder or non-negligent manslaughter, four were found not guilty because they had acted in self-defense.

The right to carry may also be affecting Texas' crime rate in a positive way. Texas had a serious crime rate in the early 1990s that was 38 percent higher than the national average.


Since then, serious crime in Texas has dropped 50 percent faster than for the nation as a whole.

Murder rates have dropped 52 percent, compared to 33 percent nationally.

Rapes have fallen by 22 percent compared to 16 percent nationally.
This experience is consistent with the experience of other states with concealed carry laws. According to University of Chicago law professor John Lott, concealed handgun laws on average reduce murder by 8.5 percent, rape by 5 percent and severe assault by 7 percent.

"Far from recreating the Wild West, concealed carry laws create a safer society," said Burnett. "The law allows law-abiding citizens to protect themselves."

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The NCPA is a research and educational organization operating under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are tax deductible. We depend entirely on the financial support of individuals, corporations and foundations that believe in private sector solutions to public policy problems. We accept no government grants or contracts.


For more information:
Sean Tuffnell, Dallas, TX 972-386-6272
Joan Kirby, Washington, DC 202-628-6671
Internet: http://www.ncpa.org

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mk86fcc,

When you edit your posts three or four times, you should delete the previous "edited by" remarks so you don't them stacking up like cord wood. :)

Joe


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http://Second.Amendment.Homepage.com
 
Joe -
You're right, of course. I'd just gotten so frustrated formatting the links (messed 'em up to begin with) I didn't even think of it...

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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed
 
Hey Kids,

I think we should all sign up on HCI's web site to receive notification of upcoming HCI/CPHV events and meetings.

I'm sure we could help.

;)

https://www.econtributor.net/Contribution/Volunteer.cfm?CFID=57078&CFTOKEN=19659408

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"[Even if there would be] few tears shed if and when the Second Amendment is held to guarantee nothing more than the state National Guard, this would simply show that the Founders were right when they feared that some future generation might wish to abandon liberties that they considered essential, and so sought to protect those liberties in a Bill of Rights. We may tolerate the abridgement of property rights and the elimination of a right to bear arms; but we should not pretend that these are not reductions of rights." -- Justice Scalia 1998
 
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