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farmerbob:
http://crimepreventionresearchcenter.org/2015/07/new-study-over-12-8-concealed-handgun-permits-last-year-saw-by-far-the-largest-increase-ever-in-the-number-of-permits/

Dan W:
   
--- Quote --- Since President Obama’s election the number of concealed handgun permits has soared, growing from 4.6 million in 2007 to over 12.8 million this year. Among the findings in our report:

The number of concealed handgun permits is increasing at an ever- increasing rate. Over the past year, 1.7 million additional new permits have been issued – a 15.4% increase in just one single year. This is the largest ever single-year increase in the number of concealed handgun permits.

5.2% of the total adult population has a permit.
Five states now have more than 10% of their adult population with concealed handgun permits.

In ten states, a permit is no longer required to carry in all or virtually all of the state. This is a major reason why legal carrying handguns is growing so much faster than the number of permits.

Since 2007, permits for women has increased by 270% and for men by156%.
Some evidence suggests that permit holding by minorities is increasing more than twice as fast as for whites.


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depserv:
Thanks for the  link.  I like to post these things on my facebook page. 

NE Bull:
And Uncle Sam is smiling; Look at all these registered gun owners!

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