CNN In Texas, 1 million people have handgun permits

CNN ^ | July 8, 2016 | Sheena McKenzie, CNN

[Elderberry]

I have a Florida CCW, but I received it mail order from Texas where I live.

Whose list am I on? Florida or Texas?

[yoe]

Home grown terrorists? This "organization is probably riddled with ISIS or clearly their sympathizers....this is a Criminal organization at the very least; members are murderers like any other terrorist. These dangerous people should lose their American citizenship for trying to maim/kill law enforcement, i.e. overthrow. the government.

Call your governors, senators and Reps. to out law the P-P-P-O in your state.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Whose list am I on? Florida or Texas?

Doesn't matter. They honor each other's.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Lying Ryan just said that we all need to 'heal' now.

Sure he didn't mean "heel"?

Woof.

[showme_the_Glory]

Did they disguise the bomb as a dozen doughnuts to get close to the perp?

or Chicken and watermelon?

[KeyLargo]

Wednesday, July 6
National Fried Chicken Day 2016

[OttawaFreeper]

Well, I am waiting to hear about stories about people in Vermont who carry either open or concealed (and you have never needed a permit to do so there). Or in Maine and New Hampshire (funny how most U.S. states that border Canada allow people to carry and also have homicide rates that are about the same as the neighbouring Canadian province(s)).

[KeyLargo]

CNN calls AR-15 a ‘sniper rifle’ during Dallas shooting coverage

Posted by SooperMexican on Jul 8, 2016 at 2:13 AM in Politics | 43 Comments

http://therightscoop.com/cnn-calls-ar-15-a-sniper-rifle-during-dallas-shooting-coverage/

[KeyLargo]

In a short statement about the horrific police ambush and shootings last night in Dallas, Obama took a moment to say that ‘powerful weapons’ are part of the problem:

[KeyLargo]

Beyonce Posted Letter Hours Before Dallas Shooting, Calling To “Fight” Against Police, That Murder Should Not Go “Unpunished”

Via LA Times: http://www.weaselzippers.us/

[KeyLargo]

MICHAEL X JOHNSON

[KeyLargo]

SICK: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Supporters Celebrate Murder of Dallas Cops

BLM agitators joyful about slaughter of “pigs”
Paul Joseph Watson - July 8, 2016

SICK: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Supporters Celebrate Murder of Dallas Cops

‘Black Lives Matter’ supporters responded to the sniper attack in Dallas by celebrating the murder of the five police officers who were gunned down in cold blood.

BLM sympathizers took to Twitter to express their joy at the carnage, with one commenting, “Y’all pigs got what was coming for y’all.”

“Next time a group wants to organize a police shoot, do like Dallas tonight, but have extra men/women to flank the Pigs!,” added another.

“Dude hell yeah someone is shooting pigs in dallas. Solidarity,” commented another user.

“DALLAS keep smoking dem pigs keep up the work,” remarked another.

Last night’s events in Dallas were as painfully predictable as they were tragic.

http://www.infowars.com/sick-black-lives-matter-supporters-celebrate-murder-of-dallas-cops/

[Spirochete]

there is NO such authorization in the law within the limits of a city,

Texas law does not restrict the carrying of rifles or shotguns long guns except for:

• Racetracks (horses & greyhounds)
• Polling locations on election day
• Courthouses
• School premises
• Secured areas of airports (past the scanners)

  Penal code 46.03.

  But pre-schoolers are more familiar with the law than cops are, and carrying a rifle or shotgun anywhere will result in harassment regardless of what the law says.

[archy]

In Texas, 1 million people have handgun permits

And then there's the NFA weapons in Texas: machineguns and selective full-auto weapons, grenade launchers, silenced weapons and several other sorts of fun novelties:

Here is a look at per capita weapons data, based on the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and 2013 data from the U.S. Census.

While the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record is the only accessible list of its kind, it is not all-inclusive. NFA firearms only include the categories regulated by The National Firearms Act of 1934: machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors, destructive devices like bombs and grenades, concealable devices with the ability to discharge a shot through the energy of an explosive, and any firearm with a bore over half an inch that has not been determined to have a legitimate sporting use.

While this list is lengthy, it does not include categories like pistols, which make up a large percentage of the guns in the U.S. As such, the total numbers of guns in each state would actually be much higher than the figures here.

Texas comes in at number 18, with 12.8 guns on record for every 1,000 residents. That's 337,309 firearms among 26,448,193 people. In fact, the actual numbers are probably higher because Texans are not required by law to register their firearms. As such, the ATF can only count those who seek background checks.

Source: CBS News report *here.

[Hot Tabasco]

You have to admit that in the aftermath of an all out assault on law enforcement officers that anyone seen openly carrying a rifle just might be considered a suspect.......

At least the guy had the presence of mind to turn himself in..........

[slouper]

I thought I read somewhere that there were 3 million CCL holders in Texas. Don’t remember where I read that, I think CNN’s info is wrong.