“A CC permit does not give you the right to be a cop or to shoot shoplifters.....”
Come on down to Texas sometime. If they’re fleeing with the goods they’re in a world of hurt!
I have been in Texas many times where you just got CC what? 10 or 12 years ago? That was W's big push. )
Where I live, (Pennsylvania) we have always had CC and the only qualification to get one is that you don't have a felony record and you have $20 for the photo-ID. No training, examinations or psych tests required. It is by the PA constitution a 'shall issue' state. The government must show cause to deny.
I have no doubt there are far more CC citizens in PA in total numbers let along percentage of population than the Great State of Texas.
And if you took the garbage pit of the city of Philadelphia out of the state and give it to New Jersey where it belongs, it just might have the lowest crime rate in the nation. People tend to 'respect' strangers here because you never know for sure.