Heck, even here in GA, approximately 5% of the adult population has a Georgia Weapons License.
A few weeks ago we had a situation where an illegal protest / riot shut down a major intersection of two multi-lane boulevards in the City of Atlanta, enforced by goons carrying rifles. A guy caught up in traffic in the situation decided he would pause to get his AR out of the trunk. He ended up driving over the curb, on the sidewalk, maybe through a parking lot to get around the impromptu enforced George Floyd Moment of Silence that these idiots were imposing on the motoring public, and had shots fired at him/his car. No one was hit, and he didn’t return fire, but THAT could have been a complete mess.
Naturally none of this was reported in the local media, but there are multiple videos of the event still up at Twitter.
I cannot tell you what the percentage of LTC licensees is in TX, as the numbers are EXPLODING since the New Year & the beginning of this “virus mess”, especially among WOMEN.
Fwiw, I’ve “been checked” exactly ONE time in about 12 years to see if I was properly licensed to carry a pistol. = A Deputy Constable, at the coin-operated laundry, POLITELY asked me IF I had a LTC one night, several months ago. - I said, YES & “displayed the LTC”, as is required by TX law.
He then asked me WHAT I was carrying & when I told him, he said that he had never even seen a ZIGANA K, much less had fired one.
(I then was invited to go shooting with him & his buddies.)
INTERESTING FACT: Here in TX, as we are carefully background investigated & range qualified before being licensed by TX DPS to carry firearms, VERY FEW licensed owners are EVER “ticketed” for traffic offenses by TX LEO. - The law says that IF you are stopped that you MUST display BOTH your DL & your LTC to the police.- Generally, upon seeing the handgun license, the LEO says something like, “OK. Drive safely” & sends you on your way.
Yours, TMN78247