Concealed Handgun Permit Report

At Fox New: At Fox News: More Americans legally carrying guns despite slowest increase in CCW permits on record. Number of concealed carry weapon permits continues upward trend despite nearly half of states enacting ‘constitutional carry’ laws.

At Fox New: At Fox News: More Americans legally carrying guns despite slowest increase in CCW permits on record. Number of concealed carry weapon permits continues upward trend despite nearly half of states enacting ‘constitutional carry’ laws.

The Crime Prevention Research Center's latest annual report on concealed handgun permits was covered extensively at Fox News today. Concealed carry permits have increased by 2.3% in 2022 compared to last year, despite nearly half of U.S. states enacting what have been...

New Concealed Carry Report For 2020: 19.48 Million Permit Holders, 820,000 More Than Last Year despite many states shutting down issuing permits because of the Coronavirus

New Concealed Carry Report For 2020: 19.48 Million Permit Holders, 820,000 More Than Last Year despite many states shutting down issuing permits because of the Coronavirus

A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2019 are available here. UPDATE: Some more recent data is shown at the bottom of this post and shows that the number of permits have increased by...

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