Makes My Heart Go Pitter-Patter

[willie-pete]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/18/new-study-finds-growing-demand-for-concealed-handgun-permits.html

 

" 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."

 

I wonder, at that rate, how long it will take to get every man, woman and child a permit?

[holyjohnson]

there`s no reason whatsoever that every single legal law abiding U.S. Citizen should not have the ability to Legally carry whatever weapon they feel.

 

 

so far every counterpoint to the Concealed argument the Anti-Gunners made has been proven false and found to be untrue.

More Guns = Less Crime.

[SFCSMITH(RET)]

325,000,000 - 17,250,000 = 307,750,000.. so 307,750,000 / 890,000 = 345 years and 7 months, +/- a bit.

[willie-pete]

 

Some of the current licensees will expire in the next 345 years , and I do mean EXPIRE .

 

Start @ :45  

 

Edited August 18, 2018 by willie-pete

[RenoF250]

I wonder what the statistics are for murders by CCW holders vs. non.  I bet CCW is WAY lower.

[janice6]

16 minutes ago, RenoF250 said:

I wonder what the statistics are for murders by CCW holders vs. non.  I bet CCW is WAY lower.

"...As of 2017, there are over 14,500,000 CCW holders, ²⁵ meaning the worst case kill rate (justifiable or not) is 0.003% of all CCW holders...." 

"...Fact: A different study concludes that the four year violent crime arrest rate for CCW holders is 128 per 100,000. For the general population, it is 710 per 100,000. In other words, CCW holders are 5.5 times less likely to commit a violent crime..."

Quoted from: http://www.gunfacts.info/gun-control-myths/concealed-carry/

[DWARREN123]

I have a HCP and have never shot anyone without good excuse!

[willie-pete]

OTOH;

I'm trying real hard to get my head around this, but I can't.  There are evidently a few people too stupid to carry.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article216884185.html


"It was right after the sun went down, between 9 and 10 p.m.,” Titus County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Bragg told McClatchy. “So he starts feeling around in the dark for his spotlight.”

The man, who Bragg said is from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, thought he had found it. He pulled the trigger before he realized what he had actually found on the vehicle’s floor was his .40 caliber Glock handgun

“It was one of those flashlights with the pistol grip and a trigger,” Harvey said.

The man, in his mid-20s, shot himself in the upper thigh, Bragg said, narrowly missing his femur and his femoral artery. He drove the UTV back to his cabin, then drove himself about 20 miles to Titus Regional Medical Center."

[janice6]

12 minutes ago, willie-pete said:

OTOH;

I'm trying real hard to get my head around this, but I can't.  There are evidently a few people too stupid to carry.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article216884185.html


"It was right after the sun went down, between 9 and 10 p.m.,” Titus County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Bragg told McClatchy. “So he starts feeling around in the dark for his spotlight.”

The man, who Bragg said is from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, thought he had found it. He pulled the trigger before he realized what he had actually found on the vehicle’s floor was his .40 caliber Glock handgun

“It was one of those flashlights with the pistol grip and a trigger,” Harvey said.

The man, in his mid-20s, shot himself in the upper thigh, Bragg said, narrowly missing his femur and his femoral artery. He drove the UTV back to his cabin, then drove himself about 20 miles to Titus Regional Medical Center."

Self correcting problem.

[willie-pete]

Well, almost in his case;

 

he lived.

[janice6]

54 minutes ago, willie-pete said:

Well, almost in his case;

 

he lived.

I bet he had a new well deserved respect for hand guns!