Tracker wrote: . . . rough estimate but.... 1 in 20 Texans of primary shopping age are licensed to carry. And the fastest growing demographic of those licensed gun owners are women.
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It's to be seen how many businesses will turn them away. But I've said this before. IMO it'll be women openly carrying that will normalize the practice among the general population more so than men.
Intriguing, although not every CHL owner is in what you've categorized as the 'primary shopper' age group. There are quite a few over 65, I'm pretty sure. Also, not every CHL owner carries regularly. My wife has agreed to get her license, but I doubt that she'll carry. I'll work on that, but it may never happen. I suspect she's not alone. She will almost certainly never openly carry.
Still, next year should be interesting. I'm mainly hoping that the OCT/OCTC types don't hose things up for everyone else.