86.4% of the US’s Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs “support nationwide recognition of state issued concealed weapon permits.”
76% of those same heads of departments believe that “qualified, law-abiding armed citizens help law enforcement reduce violent criminal activity.”
The entire survey is available here: NACOP survey results 2016. A 2013 Survey of Police by PoliceOne found similar results (available here).
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