The Killeen Daily News has an article about the Luby's massacre, the 15th anniversary of which is coming up next month.  The Luby's massacre was allowed to occur not because citizens of the United States are allowed to own guns.  Rather, because a number of customers of the Killeen eatery had left their legally owned firearms in their cars, as required by the laws of Texas of the day.  Most famously was the case of Suzanna Gratia Hupp who witnessed her parents being slaughtered as her .357 magnum ineffectively sat out of reach in her vehicle as the law dictated.

Anti-gunners in every state have threatened that Wild West shootouts would ensue if shall-issue CCW laws were passed.  The fear mongers neglect to tell their audience that such shootouts have never occurred when licensed gun owners are involved.  In fact, the burden to get a carry license is so great that in Texas, you must have led the life of a model citizen to date.  As certified instructor Lloyd Leppo Jr. said in the above article:

 "If everyone in this state qualified to hold a concealed handgun license no one would ever need a weapon in the first place."

 The qualifications for a Texas concealed carry permit are: 

To obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun, one must be at least 21 years of age, submit a photo and fingerprints for a background investigation and pay a fee, pass both a written test covering laws pertaining to deadly force and gun safety and a shooting accuracy test.

Applicants also must be up to date on all student loans, must not owe back child support or taxes and must not have a Class A or Class B misdemeanor, or have been convicted of a felony.

"Citizens can rest assured that whoever holds a license has been investigated by every qualifying agency there is," Leppo said. "The cream of the crop in society is the only people who can qualify for a CHL in this state."

Obtaining a permit to carry concealed handguns in the state of Texas requires a 10-hour course during which residents learn about self-defense techniques, gun and child safety, and state laws regarding use of force and licensing requirements.

The course for obtaining a permit includes teaching applicants how to avoid the need to use a concealed firearm. When a criminal looks for a victim, he knows what he's looking for, Leppo said.

 The same bill of goods about Wild West shoot-outs have been repeated at least 30 times over the past 2 decades since Florida first passed shall-issue licensure for concealed weapons.  An argument they never grow tired of and ceaselessly recycle as we saw this past year with the passage of stand your ground laws, starting again in Florida.

Luckily, most Americans are bright enough to see through their attempts to induce fear and cause panic.