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CNN In Texas, 1 million people have handgun permits
CNN ^ | July 8, 2016 | Sheena McKenzie, CNN

Posted on 07/08/2016 7:51:18 AM PDT by KeyLargo

In Texas, 1 million people have handgun permits

Sheena McKenzie

At a protest against police violence in Dallas, a young man wanders the streets with a gun casually slung over his shoulder.

The hefty weapon hangs all the way from his hip to his ankle, apparently barely raising the eyebrows of passersby.

A few hours after the Dallas shooting, local police posted a photo of the man on Twitter, saying: "This is one of our suspects. Please help us find him!" Videos later emerged online purportedly showing the man peacefully walking in the crowd during the shooting. The original tweet remains online -- long after he man, named Mark Hughes, told Dallas station KVTV he was interrogated by police and released without apology. Read the latest updates in our live blog

The sight of someone walking through a packed protest toting a large gun would be cause for alarm for many people around the world, but in Texas, it's not so far-fetched.

Over 1 million gun carriers

Of the 27.5 million people who live in this southern U.S. state, more than 1 million people are licensed to carry a handgun.

Dallas County has 57,620 licensees -- the third highest number in the state, following Harris (139,563) and Tarrant (71,504) counties.

A "handgun" is defined as "any firearm that is designed, made, or adapted to be fired with one hand." While Texans are required to have a permit to carry a handgun, they do not need one for rifles or shotguns -- which may help explain the man at Thursday's protest brazenly toting a long weapon.

Texas is one of 45 states that allow some form of open carry. Only five states -- New York, Florida, Illinois, South Carolina and California -- and the District of Columbia ban

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; blacklives; blackpower; blacks; clinton; dallas; democrats; elections; guncontrol; guns; mediabias; obama; police; secondamendment; texas; tyranny; wot
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To: Bushbacker1
I have a Florida CCW, but I received it mail order from Texas where I live.

Whose list am I on? Florida or Texas?

41 posted on 07/08/2016 8:48:08 AM PDT by Elderberry
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To: KeyLargo
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.

42 posted on 07/08/2016 8:56:56 AM PDT by yoe
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To: Elderberry
Whose list am I on? Florida or Texas?

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

43 posted on 07/08/2016 8:59:57 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: KeyLargo
Lying Ryan just said that we all need to 'heal' now.

Sure he didn't mean "heel"?

Woof.

44 posted on 07/08/2016 9:01:57 AM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (ABM - Anyone But McCain)
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To: gigster
Did they disguise the bomb as a dozen doughnuts to get close to the perp?

or Chicken and watermelon?

45 posted on 07/08/2016 9:05:21 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: showme_the_Glory

Wednesday, July 6
National Fried Chicken Day 2016


46 posted on 07/08/2016 9:06:52 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

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)).


47 posted on 07/08/2016 9:20:00 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: Rebelbase

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/


48 posted on 07/08/2016 9:20:26 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: OttawaFreeper
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:
49 posted on 07/08/2016 9:27:14 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: yoe

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/


50 posted on 07/08/2016 9:29:45 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Iron Munro

MICHAEL X JOHNSON

51 posted on 07/08/2016 9:32:42 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Lady Heron

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/


52 posted on 07/08/2016 9:36:32 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Ancesthntr
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:


53 posted on 07/08/2016 9:44:27 AM PDT by Spirochete (GOP: Give Obama Power)
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To: KeyLargo
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.

54 posted on 07/08/2016 10:32:47 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: KeyLargo
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..........

55 posted on 07/08/2016 10:39:21 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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To: alancarp

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.


56 posted on 07/08/2016 11:31:44 AM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.56)
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