Permit holders who are charged with a crime will have their permits suspended or revoked. Amazingly, these individuals virtually never get convicted. From 2008 to 2012, suspensions and revocations totaled 6,565, while convictions for primarily misdemeanors and a few...
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Interesting fact: Only one state bans permitted concealed handguns in banks
Think about sensitive areas where permitted concealed handguns might be banned and the most obvious ones on the list might be banks or places that serve alcohol. But only one state completely bans carrying handguns in places that serve alcohol: Louisiana. It turns...
CPRC in the Weekly Standard on the Federal District Court decision on concealed carry
Whitney Blake's article in The Weekly Standard on Senior District Court Judge Fredrick Scullin Jr.'s decision on Saturday to let people carry concealed handguns in DC extensively quotes CPRC president John Lott. The immediate implications are significant, according to...
CPRC in the Philadelphia Inquirer: “Armed doctor saved lives”
CPRC's John Lott has a new piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer that starts this way: On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Lee Silverman undoubtedly saved many lives. Using a handgun, the Delaware County psychiatrist stopped what both police and the district attorney described as...
Federal District Court decision striking down DC’s ban on concealed handguns: Copy and analysis
A copy of the decision is available here. Effective immediately - since DC has no other laws in effect concerning carrying a firearm except the one just struck down - DC is legally a Constitutional Carry area for non-residents at this time. Non-residents will be able...
UPDATED: Fortunately, Doctor carries gun despite gun-free zone, police chief says he saved lives
The shooting at the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, PA on Thursday evening was stopped by Dr. Lee Silverman, who happened to have his gun with him. Silverman critically wounded the attacker Richard Plotts after Plotts shot to death case worker Theresa Hunt. Hunt...
Fox News’ The Five: CPRC research on concealed carry continues to get news coverage
The CPRC study on concealed handgun permits from July 9th received extensive news coverage, but it continues to be discussed. Here it is being discussed on Fox News' The Five. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Regarding Bob Beckel's comments on the research...
Some evidence that the share of concealed handgun permits issued to women is soaring: Tennessee and Texas
Between 2008 and 2013, the share of women's permits issued each year in Tennessee have gone up 31%. For Texas over the same years, the share rose even more dramatically, by 52.5%. For Indiana, there was a substantial 3.5 percentage points in just two years. And...
Philly mother facing three years on gun charge, no intent to violated complicated gun laws
Fox News extensively quoted CPRC president John Lott about the tragic story of a young mother who ran afoul of New Jersey gun laws. On October 1st, Shaneen Allen, 27, was stopped by police in New Jersey’s Atlantic County after making an unsafe lane change. Allen then...
CPRC Concealed Carry Report on Concealed Handguns in the News
Fox News: Murder rate drops as concealed carry permits rise, study claims A dramatic spike in the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed weapons coincides with an equally stark drop in violent crime, according to a new study, which Second Amendment...
New Report from Crime Prevention Research Center shows 11.1 million Americans Hold Concealed Carry Permits
UPDATE: Newest numbers 14.5 million permit holders in 2016. The report below is for 2014. The later reports for 2015 and 2016 can be seen here. ORIGINAL POST: Concealed-Carry-Permit-Holders-Across-the-United-StatesThe Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) today...
Concealed Carry Permit Holder may have stopped North Las Vegas shooting that left three people dead
Picture of Joseph Wilcox and his family. UPDATE: The Las Vegas Review Journal has this: After the shooting, the couple headed toward a nearby Wal-Mart, where Jerad Miller was confronted by Joseph Robert Wilcox, 31, of Las Vegas. Wilcox was legally carrying a concealed...