Latest Statistics Bolster Case for Campus Carry in Texas

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

AUSTIN, Texas -(Ammoland.com)- The Texas Department of Public Safety has released its 2016 demographic data on Texas license to carry (LTC) holders, and for the third consecutive year, LTC holders of typical college age had their licenses revoked at a lower rate than did LTC holders twenty years older.

Here are the statistics collected by Students for Concealed Carry since SCC first started monitoring this data in 2015:

AGE GROUP

• 18* to 23 years old
• 21 to 23 years old
• 38 to 43 years old

2014 REVOCATION RATE

• 0.189 percent
• 0.186 percent
• 0.196 percent

2015 REVOCATION RATE

• 0.147 percent
• 0.150 percent
• 0.155 percent

2016 REVOCATION RATE

• 0.118 percent
• 0.120 percent
• 0.160 percent

*A person age 18-20 can obtain a Texas LTC only if he or she is a member or veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Brian Bensimon, SCC’s Southwest regional director, commented, “Our opponents often claim that, because the average college student is much younger than the average license to carry holder, the statistics showing LTC holders to be responsible and law-abiding aren’t relevant to the debate over campus carry. However, this data from the Texas Department of Public Safety clearly shows that college-age license holders are just as law-abiding as …Read the Rest

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