Proportionally, Massachusetts has half again as many concealed handgun licensees as Texas

[friendly_iconoclast]

2. Much easier now than when you wrote that OP (2012)

They pretty much *have* to give you a Class A license now, if you pass the background checks
and the gun law tests. If you get turned down and fight it in court, chances are you'll
get your Class A.

Yet crime is still low, for the most part and I still don't fear my neighbors or worry who might be packing when I'm out and about.

(For those who wonder, I live and work in racially-mixed, decidedly non-affluent Boston suburbs

It's almost as if culture and socioeconomics had greater impacts on crime rates than gun
availability...