61.   The Senate approved landmark legislation Friday that would allow Texans to carry concealed handguns.

62.   The state this year passed a law that makes it easier to carry a concealed handgun.

63.   The solicitation was captured on videotape and police later discovered a concealed handgun in his car.

64.   The Texas Department of Public Safety obtained the information over the past four years while screening applicants for concealed handguns.

65.   The Texas Senate tentatively approved the carrying of concealed handguns Wednesday in a lopsided vote described as the restoration of a long-lost state constitutional right.

66.   Their belts hang heavy with beepers and cellular phones and their jackets bulge with barely concealed handguns.

67.   They were the kinds of shootings many have dreaded in the five years since George W. Bush signed legislation giving Texans the right to carry concealed handguns.

68.   Thirty-one states allow residents to carry concealed handguns, and several others are considering them.

69.   Thousands of Texans, most of them middle-age men, have completed certification courses allowing them to carry concealed handguns.

70.   While allowing either men or women to carry concealed handguns reduces the murder rate, the results are particularly dramatic for women.