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    New study finds growing demand for concealed handgun permits

    New study finds growing demand for concealed handgun permits

    By Robert Gearty
    Fox News
    August 18th.2018

    The number of permits to carry concealed weapons in the U.S. has jumped to more than 17.25 million this year, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center.

    That’s an increase of 890,000 since last year, according to the gun advocacy research group, which has found that the growth in permits has been continuous over the years.

    “We have seen an increase from 4.6 million permits in 2007 to 17.25 million now, with the number increasing every year,” the center’s found John Lott told Fox News. “It seems very likely that we will continue seeing an increase next year.

    He added: “The states that we have seen a slowing of permits have primarily been these Constitutional Carry states where a permit is no longer required, indeed some of those states have even seen a drop in the number of permits even though the number of people carrying in those places has undoubtedly gone up.”

    Lott said the increase also defies many predictions that permits would not continue to increase after the 2016 elections and with Donald Trump in the White House.

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    “Conventional wisdom held that the sharp rise in gun sales during Obama’s presidency was driven, at least in part, by the threat of guns control,” the study says. “That’s why every expected gun sales to decline after Trump’s victory.”

    The percentage of American adults with concealed carry permits rose to 7.14 percent from about 6 percent, the center reported.

    It also found that the number of women and minorities with permits has continued to climb.

    “That increase in women and minorities mirrors their changing views on guns,” said Lott, a Fox News columnist. “A poll by (the) Pew (Research Center) helps to explain why there has been such a large increase in concealed handgun permits among blacks and women. The poll shows a 25 percentage point increase in the proportion of blacks with a favorable view of gun ownership. This is the largest increase of any group.”

    Lott said the increase among all women was 11 percent, and the increase among men was 8 percent.

    The center issued its findings after analyzing concealed carry permit data collected primarily by states and county agencies. In 14 states people don’t need a permit to carry so the overall increase in concealed carry permits is actually higher.

    In 15 states, more than 10% of adults have permits—four more than last year.
    Alabama has the highest rate of adults with permits—22.1 percent, the study also found.

    Indiana is second with 17.9 percent and South Dakota is a close third with 17.2 percent.
    Additionally, the study found that concealed handgun permit holders are extremely law-abiding—in Florida and Texas permit holders are convicted of misdemeanor and felonies at one-sixth the rate at which police officers are convicted.

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    Nahhh, it’s just people in Michigan getting out of state licenses due to AGO 7304.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jared1981 View Post
    Nahhh, it’s just people in Michigan getting out of state licenses due to AGO 7304.
    Totally beat me to it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jared1981 View Post
    Nahhh, it’s just people in Michigan getting out of state licenses due to AGO 7304.

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