Abbreviated Version of SCC's 2015 Texas Legislative Handout

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Madison D. Welch [email protected]

Southwest Regional Director

Students for Concealed Carry www.ConcealedCampus.org

Why Campus Carry1. Why should atrained,licensed,carefully screenedadult (age 21 or above) be allowed to carry a concealed handgun at a movie theater

on Friday, at a shopping mall on Saturday, and in a church on Sunday but be prohibited from doing so in a college classroom onMonday?

2. Why should that same license holder be allowed to carry a concealed handgun at a municipal library but not a college library, at a healthclub but not a campus recreation center, and at a restaurant but not a university dining hall?

3. Does licensed concealed carry inhibit free expression in Texas churches or prevent heated debates in the Texas Capitoltwo placeswhere concealed carry iscurrently allowed?

4. Given that college campuses are open environments with uncontrolled points of entry (no metal detectors or bag checks) and that aperson could just as easily walk into a classroom carrying a backpack full of guns as carrying a backpack full of books, why should aprofessor be more concerned about issuing a bad grade to someone who might secretly be a trained, tested, carefully vetted licenseholder carrying a gun LEGALLY than to someone who might secretly be an untrained, untested, unvetted criminal carrying a gunILLEGALLY?

5. Given that the debate is about changing WHERE concealed handgun license (CHL) holders can carry guns and would not change WHOcan carry a gun, why do opponents keep talking about the relative immaturity of college students?

6. Given that90%of suicides occur in the victim's home, that most students over the age of 21 live off-campus, that the pending legislationwould allow universities to regulate the storage of firearms in on-campus housing, and that CHL holders are alreadyallowedto keephandguns in locked vehicles parked on campus, what is the factual basis for claiming that campus carry would lead to an increase instudent suicides?

7. Given that the legalization of campus carry would not change the laws at fraternity houses, off-campus parties, tailgating events, orbarsthe places where students (particularly those old enough to obtain a CHL) are most likely to drinkwhy do opponents spend somuch time talking about the dangers of mixing guns and alcohol?

8. How could three to ten SECONDS of exchanged gunfire (the average length of a gunfight,according to most experts)possibly result ingreater loss of life than a three- to ten-MINUTE uncontested, execution-style massacre?

9. If most shootouts are over in three to ten seconds, what are the odds of police encountering an ongoing shootout and being unable todistinguish the good guys from the bad guys?

10.Given that CHL holders aretaughtto move away from danger and would berequiredto keep their guns concealed unless facing anIMMEDIATE threat, how significant is the risk of police mistaking a good guy for a bad guy?

11.

Given that Texas CHL holders areconvictedof violent crimes at approximately 1/5 the rate of the general population and that a Texan issignificantly more likely to be struck bylightningthan to be murdered or negligently killed by a Texas CHL holder, why should anyoneassume that these vetted, licensed adults who aren't causing trouble elsewhere in Texas will cause trouble on college campuses?

12.Given thatmore than 150 U.S. college campusescurrently allow licensed concealed carry and have done so for an average of fiveyears, without a single resulting assault, suicide attempt, or accidental death, why should anyone expect different results in Texas?

13.What is the benefit of a state law or school policy that stacks the odds in favor of any criminal or psychopath willing to ignore state lawand school policy?
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[email protected] www.ConcealedCampus.org

Dear Members of the 84th

Texas Legislature:

As you consider legislation to legalize the licensed concealed carry of handguns on Texas college campuses,I hope youll

take a moment to watch these three video clips from the 2014 and 2011 Students for Concealed Carry national

conferences.

In this seven-minute clip from the 2014 conference, Holly Adams recounts the pain of losing her daughter Leslie in the

2007 Virginia Tech massacre and explains, If you were in my shoes, you would probably eagerly sacrifice your own life if

only, on that horrible day, someone on campusin the dorm or in the classroomcould have carried a weapon andstopped the killer in his tracks before he claimed thirty-two precious lives":http://youtu.be/fHHUUqhZ7U0

Of course, mass shootings such as the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre are not the only reason students, faculty, staff, and

visitors should be allowed the means to protect themselves on college campuses. In this eight-minute clip from the 2011

conference, Amanda Collins bravely recounts how she was sexually assaulted in a parking garage at the University of

Nevada, Reno: http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4505990/amanda-collins-speaks-2011-scc-national-conference

In her address to the conference, Amanda argued that she could have stopped her assailant if only the university and

the Nevada Legislature had allowed her the same measure of personal protection on campus that she, as a concealed

handgun license holder, was allowed virtually everywhere else in the state. Her assailant was later arrested and

convicted for the kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder of nineteen-year-old Brianna Denison

(http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/brianna-denisons-life-ends-in-brutal-rape-and-murder). Amanda believes that if

she had been allowed the means to protect herself in that university parking garage, Briannawho was abducted and

murdered three months latermight still be alive.

In this nine-minute video from the 2014 conference, Dartmouth student Taylor Woolrich tells the story of how she was

relentlessly stalked by a sixty-three-year-old man whoafter meeting her at the coffee shop where she worked

followed her, harassed her, assaulted her boyfriend, repeatedly violated a restraining order against him, and was

ultimately arrested outside her parents home, carrying what police described as a rape kit:

http://youtu.be/b5I6uBBW9i0

When Taylor asked university officials to grant her permission to carry a concealed handgun for protection against this

stalker, the request was flatly denied with no option for appeal. Taylor explained, The operator at Safety and Security atDartmouth College told me that I could call for a security escort if I felt unsafe. I've done this, and I got responses such

as, You can't keep calling us all the time, or You can only call after 9 PM.I'd like to say that my stalker doesn't really

care what time of day it is. He doesn't care if it's light or dark or if I'm on the East Coast or the West Coast or out of the

country. I have an out-of-control situation, and I'm asking for my control back.

The push to legalize campus carry is not a ploy by gun nuts looking for an excuse to play cop or hero; it is about real

people looking for the means to defend themselves against the types of horrors experienced by Leslie Adams, Amanda

Collins, and Taylor Woolrich. SCC is not asking to lower the CHL age limit or to otherwise redefine who can carry a gun.

We're not asking to change the concealed carry laws at bars, off-campus parties, fraternity houses, tailgating events, or

any other location where college students are likely to consume alcohol. We are simply asking that trained, licensed,

carefully screened adults (age 21 and above) be afforded the same right in college classrooms, lecture halls, libraries,and cafeterias that theyre already afforded in churches, movie theaters, shopping malls, grocery stores, restaurants,

banks, and even the Texas Capitol.

Thank you for considering this important issue.

Sincerely,

Madison D. Welch

Southwest Regional Director, Students for Concealed Carry


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04/28/2015 2:00 PM CDT

CONTACT:Madison D. Welch, Southwest Regional Director, Students for Concealed Carry (SCC)[email protected] Board of Directors:[email protected]

GUNS ALLOWED AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RALLY TO "OPPOSE GUNS ON CAMPUS"

AUSTIN, TX -As if to illustrate the disconnect between opponents of campus carry and the current laws governinglicensed concealed carry in Texas, the group UT Students Against Guns on Campus plans to hold an anti-campus carryrally in an area of the UT-Austin campus where the licensed concealed carry of handguns is already legal.

The "Oppose Guns on Campus" rallyadvertised on aFacebook event pageemblazoned with the slogan "KEEP GUNSOFF THE UT CAMPUS!"is scheduled to take place at 5 PM Tuesday, April 28, in thewest mall rally spaceon the UT-Austin campus. Becausecurrent Texas gun lawsdo not classify the publicly accessible outdoor areas of a collegecampus (e.g., UT-Austin's west mall rally space) as part of the "premises"of the college, and because this event is notsponsored by UT, nothing in the Texas Penal Code would prohibit a concealed handgun license (CHL) holder fromcarrying a concealed handgun at the rally.

Madison Welch, Southwest regional director for Students for Concealed Carry (SCC), quipped, "In case it wasn'talready clear how little these anti-campus carry activists understand about the issue they're protesting, they'vechosen an area of campus where concealed carry is already allowed, to give speeches about how dangerouscampus would be if concealed carry were allowed."

If thecampus carry legislationpending before the Texas Legislature were to become law, the firearm restrictions incampus buildings would still be much more stringent than are the current firearm restrictions in UT-Austin's west mall rallyspace. Under the proposed campus carry law, onlytrained,licensed,carefully screenedadults (age 21 or above) wouldbe allowed to carry concealed handguns in campus buildings. Under the current law, any non-felon over the age of 18may lawfully possess a long gun (rifle or shotgun) in the publicly accessible outdoor areas of campus. Welch noted, "Oneof the rally goers could choose to hang her protest sign from the barrel of an AK-47, and she wouldn't be inviolation of the law."

Despite the irony of the location chosen for this anti-campus carry rally, SCC has no plans to encourage members to carryconcealed handguns at the rally. Furthermore, SCC leaders chose to withhold this press release until just three hoursbefore the rally, so as to avoid inspiring a counter-protest by radical factions of the state's (unrelated) opencarry

movement, some of whom have a history of carrying long guns to events sponsored by gun-control organizations. Welchexplained, "SCC's mission is to educate, not intimidate, those who oppose us. There is no need for any type ofcounter-protestthe very existence of this rally belies the argument that licensed concealed carry threatens freespeech on college campuses."

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ABOUT STUDENTS FOR CONCEALED CARRY Students for Concealed Carry (SCC) is a national, non-partisan,grassroots organization comprising college students, faculty, staff, and concerned citizens who believe that holders ofstate-issued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on collegecampuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else. SCC is not affiliated with the NRA or any otherorganization. For more information on SCC, visitConcealedCampus.orgorFacebook.com/ConcealedCampus.For moreinformation on the debate over campus carry in Texas, visit WhyCampusCarry.com.

RELATED:http://tinyurl.com/scc-2015-texas-handout|http://tinyurl.com/texas-chl-requirements |http://tinyurl.com/chl-tx-prohibited-locations

Noth ing in th is press re lease should be con strued as legal advice.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04/30/2015

CONTACT:Madison D. Welch, Southwest Regional Director, Students for Concealed Carry (SCC)[email protected] Board of Directors:[email protected]

WHEN FACTS FAIL YOU, PLAY BEER PONG IN LEGISLATORS' OFFICES

AUSTIN, TX -Still refusing to acknowledge the legal distinction between a college campus and an off-campus party,members of the Texas chapter of the gun-control group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America spentWednesday toting a portable "beer pong" game around the Texas Capitol.

Late Wednesday afternoon, the group posted pictures (http://is.gd/ZfuPGb)to its Facebook page, showing membersposing with ping pong balls and red plastic cupsstaples of the infamous drinking gamein various locations throughoutthe Texas Capitol. This latest bit of theatrics is part of the group's ongoing efforts to mislead the public and the legislatureinto believing that pending legislation to legalize the licensed concealed carry of handguns on Texas college campuseswould impact off-campus parties.

In a television commercial (http://is.gd/wjUeyU)released by Moms Demand Action earlier this month, images of a beerpong game are accompanied by a voiceover claimingfalselythat the legislation in question would "force colleges toallow guns" at "frat parties." In reality, fraternity houses are privately owned or leased by the overseeing fraternalorganization and aren't covered by the current statutory prohibition (http://is.gd/qvvJ5v)against the possession of afirearm on the physical premises of an educational institution. Under the pending campus carry legislation, these fraternalorganizations would retain the right to establish their own firearm policies at their fraternity houses.

Madison Welch, Southwest regional director for Students for Concealed Carry, commented, "I've spent the past five yearson Texas college campuses, and I've never seen a beer pong game at any location that would be impacted by campuscarry. It's been my experience that universities tend to frown on wild parties in lecture halls and libraries."

NeitherTexas Senate Bill 11norTexas House Bill 937would change the laws at fraternity houses, bars, tailgating events,or off-campus partieslocations not covered by the current campus gun ban. A separate statutory prohibition againstconcealed carry in bars would remain in effect, as would a statutory prohibition against carrying a concealed handgunwhile intoxicated (http://is.gd/HKc92u).

Welch noted, "Every day, Texas college students attend parties where licensed concealed carry is allowed under current

law. In fact, mos t college parties take place in locations where licensed concealed carry is allowed under current law. Topoint to those parties, where concealed carry is already legal, as a reason to continue to prohibit concealed carry inlocations such as classrooms, libraries, and cafeterias is the most twisted kind of logic."

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ABOUT STUDENTS FOR CONCEALED CARRY Students for Concealed Carry (SCC) is a national, non-partisan,grassroots organization comprising college students, faculty, staff, and concerned citizens who believe that holders ofstate-issued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on collegecampuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else. SCC is not affiliated with the NRA or any otherorganization. For more information on SCC, visitConcealedCampus.orgorFacebook.com/ConcealedCampus.For moreinformation on the debate over campus carry in Texas, visit WhyCampusCarry.com.

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January 1, 2015, Texas Concealed Handgun Licensure Among Persons Age 18-23

Licenses Issued Minus Licenses Revoked

2014 2013 2012 2011 2010

Age

18* 18 16 11 15 1319* 78 61 39 42 40

20* 140 108 73 72

21 3271 2810 2085

22 2520 2508

23 2453 TOTAL

SUBTOTAL 8480 5503 2208 129 53 16373

License issuance and revocation numbers courtesy of Texas Department of

Public Safety:

https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/chl/reports/demographics.htm

NOTE: A first-time license issued in 2009 expired before the end of 2014.

Texas Population Estimates by Age

18 396586

19 396835

20 400420

21 403126

22 397679 (approx.)

23 397679 (approx.)2392325

Population estimates courtesy of the Texas Department of State Health Services:

https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/CHS/Popdat/Dtl/DTL2014p/

*A person age 18-20 can only obtain a Texas CHL if he or she is a member or

veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. As of January 1, 2015, there were a maximum

of 324 active Texas CHLs held by military personnel and veterans age 18-20.

Among Texans in that age range, that's approximately 0.027%, or one person out

of every 3,685.

As of January 1, 2015, the rate of concealed handgun licensure among Texans age

21-23 is approximately 1.3%, or one person out of every 75.

As of January 1, 2015, the rate of concealed handgun licensure among Texans age

18-23 is approximately 0.68%, or one person out of every 146.

(This is up from roughly 0.5%, or one person out of every 198, on January 1, 2013.)
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Convictions

of

Texas

HL

Holders for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Population

CHL

Holders

CHL

Holders

2013 26,640,165 708,048 2.6578

2012 26,130,047

2011 25,674,681

2010 25,1

45 56

1

2009 24,782,302

2008 24,326,974

2007 23,904,380

2006 23,507,783

2005 22,859,968

2004 22,490,022

2003 22,118,509

584,850

518,625

461 724

402,914

31

4 574

288,909

258,162

248,874

239,940

239,863

2002 21,779,893 224,172

2001 21,325,018 218,670

2000 20,851,

820

215,836

1999

20,044 ,141 203,878

1998

19,759,6

14

183,078

1997

19,439,337 162,597

1996

19,128,261 113,640

AVERAGE

:

2.2382

2.0200

1.8362

1.6258

1.2931

1.2086

1.0982

1.0887

1.0669

1.0844

1.0293

1.0254

1.0351

1.0171

0.9265

0.8364

0.594

1

1.3157

Total Convictions

ggravated ssault

w Deadly Weapon

2,292

2,852

2,765

3,079

2,603

2,600

2,513

2,701

2,632

2

90

1

2,626

2,408

1,767

1,912

1,629

1,468

1,458

1,269

CHl Convictions - Aggravated

Assault w Deadly Weapon %

CHL

Convict ions

10

0.4363

6

4

o

7

9

5

4

4

0.2104

0.1085

0.0974

0.1537

0.0000

0.2786

0.3332

0.1900

0.1724

0.1142

0.1246

0.1132

0.26

15

0.2455

0.2725

0.4801

0.1576

0.2083

A

Texas C

L

holder is approximately

1/6

as

likely to be convicted

of

aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Convictions

of

Texas

HL

Holders for Mur der Negligent Homicide or Manslaugh ter

Total Convictions - Murder CHl Convictions - Murder

Negligent Homicide. Negligent Homicide.

Population

2013 26,640,165

2012 26,130,047

2011 25,674,681

2010 25,

14

5,561

2009 24,782,302

2008 24,326,974

2007 23,904,380

2006 23,507,783

2005 22,859,968

2004 22,490,022

2003 22,118,509

2002 21,779,893

2001 21,325,018

2000 20,851,82 0

1999

20,044,141

1998

19,759,614

1997

19,439,337

1996

19,128,261

CHL

Holders

CHL

Holders

708,048 2.6578

584,850 2.2382

518,625

46

1

724

402 914

31

4 574

288,909

258,162

248,874

239,940

239,863

224,172

21

8 670

215,836

203,878

183,078

162,597

113,640

AVERAGE :

2.0200

1.8362

1.6258

1.2931

1.2086

1.0982

1.0887

1.0669

1.0844

1.0293

1.0254

1.035 1

1.0171

0.9265

0.8364

0

.5

941

1.315

7

Manslaughter

585

660

722

740

649

617

586

543

560

521

449

389

256

145

124

82

99

74

Manslaughter

4

3

7

8

o

o

o

o

o

o

AVERAGE :

CHL Convictions

0.6838

0.4545

0.9695

1.

08

11

0.1541

0.4862

1.1945

0.3683

0.5357

0.0000

0.2227

0.5141

0.0000

0.6897

0.0000

0.000

0

0.0000

0.0000

0.4086

A

Texas CHL holder

is

approximately 1/3 as likely

to

be con

vic

ted of murder negligen t homicide or manslaughter.

Convictions

of

Texas HL Holders for ggravated Sexual ssault

Total Convictions-

CHL

Convictions - Aggravated

Population

CHL

Holders

CHL

Holders

Aggravated Sexual Assault

11

7

157

162

255

202

204

204

173

207

221

30

1

245

178

192

157

191

225

186

2013 26,640,165 708,048 2.6578

2012 26,130,047 584,850 2.2382

2011 25,674,681

2010 25,1

45 56

1

2009 24,782,302

2008 24,326,974

2007 23,904,380

2006 23,507,783

2005 22,859,968

2004 22,490,022

2003 22,118,509

2002 21,779,893

2001 21,325,018

2000 20,851,820

1999

20,044,141

1998

19,759,614

1997

19,439,337

1996

19,128,261

518,625

461

724

402 914

31

4 574

288,909

258,162

248,874

239,940

239,863

224,172

218,670

215,836

203,878

183,078

162,597

113,640

AVERAGE

:

2.0200

1.8362

1.6258

1.2931

1.2086

1.0982

1.0887

1.0669

1.0844

1.0293

1.0254

1.035 1

1.0171

0.926

5

0.8364

0.5941

1.3157

A Texas C

L

holder

is

approximately

1

/5

as

likely to be convict

ed of

aggravated sexual assault.

Populat ion estimates

cou

rtesy of t he T

exas

Department of

Sta

te Hea lth Servi

ces

https: /www.dshs.state.tx.us/CHS/Popdat/Dtl/DTL2014p/

Co

nvict ion numbers

co

urtesy of the T

exas

Depart ment

of

Publ ic

Sa

fety:

https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/chl/reports/convrates.htm

Sexual ssault CHL Convictions

1 0.8547

2 1.2739

o 0.00

00

0.7843

o 0.0

000

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

AVERAGE

:

0.0000

0.0000

0.0

000

0.0

000

0.90

50

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.6369

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.2475

Documents

Abbreviated Version of SCC's 2015 Texas Legislative Handout