SOME INTERESTING NUMBERS
50%
In Texas, murder rates fell 50% faster than the national average in the year after their concealed carry law was passed. 1
93%
Also in Texas, rape rates fell 93% faster in the first year of enacting the law and 500% faster in the second. 1
77%
of all violent crimes happen in public. 2
94%
of law enforcement officials believe that citizens should be able to purchase firearms for self-defense and sporting purposes. 3
95%
of the time police arrive to late to prevent a crime or arrest suspect. 4
1. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, online database, reviewing Texas and U.S. violent crime, 1995-2001
2. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Criminal Victimization in the United States:, 1993
3. 17th Annual National Survey of Police Chiefs & Sheriffs, 2005
4. Witkin, Gordon, Guttman, Monika and Lenzy, Tracy. "This is 911...Please Hold." U.S. News & World Report, June 17, 1998
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