Lott: 7.14% of Americans Have Carry Licenses, Up 273% Since 2007

[bblhd672]

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/0 ... ince-2007/

John Lott has released a new report that has a lot of bad news for the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex. His research shows that 7.14% of Americans now have concealed carry licenses. Incredibly, that number has exploded 273% since 2007. Clearly more and more Americans vote with their wallets when it comes to guns and gun ownership

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[flechero]

That number sounds high to me but I hope it's true! And more so, I hope it continues to grow at an explosive rate!

[Jeff B.]

That's a great deal higher than I'd have guesstimated, but in this case, I'm glad to be wrong!

As said, bad news for the gun grabbers.

jeff B.

[chasfm11]

I don't know how trustworthy this information is but it seems fairly current.

I applied for a non-resident Pennsylvania permit. In Lancaster County, the office that handles these applications claims that they have 10% of the population who have CCWs. It looks like Alabama wins with 20%.

https://www.gunstocarry.com/concealed-carry-statistics/

[rotor]

I read somewhere that if you leave out California and New York the number is 8%.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

Although Texas is very pro-2A, as was my former Georgia home,
some stats I read (always wonder what the methodology was) show that the
top 2 states re: highest percentage of residents with carry permits were:
Alabama and Indiana.

SIA

[Liberty]

Although Texas is very pro-2A, as was my former Georgia home,
some stats I read (always wonder what the methodology was) show that the
top 2 states re: highest percentage of residents with carry permits were:
Alabama and Indiana.

Lott is a statistician so he isn't going to toss out statistics casually. His numbers on crime statistics have withstood the gun grabbing critics. Tha being said The numbers seem very high to me also. One thing should be noted though, is that states like Alsaka, probably have 80-90% gun ownership, but hardly anyone will bother getting a CHL. Whats the point? unless one makes visits outside the sates. Rven then their neigbors consist of Canada Oregon. and Kalifornia.

I don't know what the rules are in Alabama, but if the prices cheap, enough the process fast enough, and the training easy enough. They could gather many more people. Massachusetts, being very unfriendly to unlicensed gun owners probably has a very high rate of LTC/CHL. Here in Texas we have concealed carry, in our homes and in our vehicles. We can legally buy handguns without permission from the state. The process has a reputation of being long expencive and the expensive training. Although its got easier, it wasn't long ago we paid $140 buck for the privilege of applying, $100 plus for the training, and at least a full day of training, not including passport photos and fingerprints. A breakdown by states can be found here

[OlBill]

I don't know what the rules are in Alabama, but if the prices cheap, enough the process fast enough, and the training easy enough.

When I was in Alabama is was about the same cost as Texas per year, maybe a little lower. The process was through the country sheriff and took about a week. No training.

[Maxwell]

I thought we were higher than that.

[AF-Odin]

When I was in Alabama back in 1988, it was go to the County Sheriff, show him your active duty military ID and a utility bill showing you lived in the county, pay your money (forgot how much it was, but think it was only like $10 or so) and walk out with a permit.