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I believe the idea that a massive number of unquilified Toms, Dicks and Harrys are now going to rush out to the local pawn shop and buy guns to carry in their vehicles is a bit outlandish. I would say there are going to be a far fewer percentage of "unqualified" new vehicle carriers than there are currently unqualified applicants for the CHL. I would venture to guess that over half the people in my CHL class were very unqualified (unqualified by definition as interpreted in this thread) to carry firearms as they had first fired a weapon in the days immediately preceeding their class. These people will have a license to carry any legal handgun, in any legally recognized location in the State of Texas, and many having had no more than 60 days of experience with a weapon. A great number of these new licensees do not obtain their first handgun until after receiving their CHL. Now, compare that with the many thousands upon thousands of older Texans that have handled weapons since early childhood, have carried weapons in their work trucks (rural/small town Texas) all their adult lives, and have more weapons handling experience than the vast majority of CHL holders, particularly big city dwellers.

On second thought, maybe a restriction such as the age type limitation requiring "Hunter's Safety Course" before allowing a hunting license to be issued to anyone born after a certain year... what was that...1972?

There are a lot of folks out here in small town Texas that cut our teeth on firearms, and raise our children and grandchildren in an environment that teaches proper respect for firearms. We are not all Tom, Dick, Harry or Bubba!