Our work on the number of concealed handgun permits mentioned in the Wall Street Journal

3 Dec , 2018

While the piece in today’s Wall Street Journal focuses on the 15 known lawsuits that have been brought against a company that makes very inexpensive derringers, our numbers on the huge number of concealed handgun permit holders provide some context about how rare these types of incidents are:

The number of Americans with concealed-carry permits soared to 17.2 million this year, almost four times the number in 2007, according to Crime Prevention Research Center, and 12 states now allow it without a permit. . . .

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Our work on the number of concealed handgun permits mentioned in the Wall Street Journal

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