Older Americans Getting Concealed Handgun Licenses
The increasing, sometimes prohibitive, cost of health care has compounded the already devastating effect of getting roughed up by a thug. More and more older Americans are coming to realize that there is something that they can do to protect themselves from random violence.
“Older folks are more concerned with their safety, recognize the dangers around them more, have more to lose and are less capable of dealing with threats by running and avoidance,” said Alan Korwin, author of 14 gun law books, including Your First Gun — Should you buy one and join 60 million safely armed American homes?
Texans in their 50s and 60s are leading the pack in getting concealed handgun licenses, the Star-Telegram reports. The newspaper reports that as the number of concealed handgun licenses continues to increase in Texas, the top age group seeking concealed handgun licenses in the past five years has been over 50.