21.   Several years ago Elizabeth Kinch of Derby, Kan., helped form Safe State, a group opposed to concealed guns.

22.   Similarly, there is little evidence that people with concealed guns have prevented many crimes.

23.   Similarly, in states that allow concealed guns, elderly people tend to obtain permits even though they make up the group least often victimized by violent crime.

24.   So why was I walking into a gun shop and stammering out that I would like an application for a concealed gun permit?

25.   State Treasurer Bob Holden, the Democratic front-runner, opposed Proposition B and said he did not see the need for people to carry concealed guns.

26.   Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Laureen Chernow said Nixon does not have a permit to carry a concealed gun.

27.   The case raises the question of whether an anonymous tip to a police department about a man with a concealed gun gives officers the right to conduct a search.

28.   The concealed gun bill highlighted a litany of measures introduced Monday.

29.   The NRA, seeking to counter arguments that owners of concealed guns contribute to crime, points to Florida.

30.   The state also allows all adults to carry a concealed gun without a permit.