European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A shooter examines his Progress at the Plano firing Range As he practices for his marksmanship test. Aps amps Robbie Puig a 66-year-old grandmother who attended the workshop with her husband said she will carry a handgun in her Fanny pack whenever she takes a walk. And if she encounters someone needing help Quot i feel like i would go up and display the weapon and try to scare the attacker. You hear about someone being attacked in a crowd and no one doing  state officials anticipate upwards of 200,000 texans will apply for concealed gun licenses. No felons Deadbeat parents or drug addicts Are allowed. Each candidate must Send in two photos fingerprints and a $140 Check. They also have to pass a background Check a \ marksmanship test and a multiple Choice exam on gun. Safety Laws and usage. Opponents fear the new Law will cause More violence escalating even minor traffic altercations into shootouts. Plano police chief Bruce Glasscock said gun to tors with their limited training will have a false sense of safety. Quot we train our officers across the country in hours and hours of training in conflict Resolution and shoot Don t shoot situations. We still have police officers who make mistakes Quot he said. A a besides he said Quot unless someone is going to walk instructor Fred Wilson makes a Point during the safety class. Around with their hand on the gun the offender is always going to have the  Pat Adair president of a Plano telecommunications company said he would use the gun to protect himself and his family and anyone else who needs it. Quot ill carry it 90 percent of the time. Why not i be gone to the trouble Quot said Adair 45, whose wife plans to take. The class in a few weeks. A.  acknowledges Plano is a Safe place to live. Quot the crime just takes time to get Here Quot he said. Quot but it will make . Based on tests done for 1 he Assoc Rau d press  and razor bullets exploded into the widest pattern w Hen. Fired into a Gelatin Block. However razor cartridges create such High pressures inside a gun s firing chamber that they could be risky to their shooter or cause Wear. The tests done by . White Laboratory inc. In Street md., also included mag Safe and Federal Hyda Shok. Bullets. All the rounds tested were 9mm. Quot there is Little reason ,. To recommend any one of these Over the others Quot said Donald Dunn president of the ballistics lab. Quot it s like a Mulligan Stew. Glaser has a Little More beef. Razor has More carrots. They taste about the  a a / a. Both the Glaser and razor rounds comprised of Lead pellets imbedded in a plastic filled Bullet made a pattern 4.5 inches wide in a Gelatin Block designed to simulate the makeup of the human body. In Layman s terms they would cause wounds 4.5 inches wide if fired into someone s Torso at a distance of 15 feet. The bullets exploded into dozens of pieces �?36 for Glaser 33 for razor a inside the gel. Razor Glaser and mag Safe Are called frangible rounds designed to break up on Contact with a target to cause the biggest w found possible. But razor and mag Safe bullets require High gun pressures Dunn said. The tests showed Glaser ammunition complies with the sporting arms and ammunition manufacturers Institute s recommended pressure limits. Quot the risk of these High pressures is that it could damage your gun or cause it to blow up. There s a risk of injury to the shooter Quot Dunn said. There s also the matter of Price. Razors sell for $4 a round a Glaser Bullet costs $2.50 the Industry average for a 9mm Bullet is about 60 cents. Overall the Federal rounds Quot the most conventional one tested had the safest pressures and arc the cheapest of the four to buy. Mag Safe tested out with the highest velocity the striking Energy and the deepest penetration into the go the bullets Cost about $5 each. Razor bullets have been on the Market since March. They were originally known As Rhino ammo but it.,-producer, signature products corp., had to change the name because of a copyright dispute with another ammunition maker. . White is a ballistics research and development Center that serves As a consultant to the . Military the Fri the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms and the National Institute of standards and technology a among others. Tuesday september 12,1995 the stars and stripes 21