Original Post November 2, 2014: A 2012 survey of the literature in the University of Maryland Law Review is available here. Some of the peer-reviewed research showing that concealed carry laws reduce violent crime is listed here. This list includes...
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Fox News and the the Washington Examiner on our new report on the continued growth in concealed handgun permits
Fox News has a news story on our newest annual report on the number of concealed handgun permits. A new report reveals that despite some states getting tougher on gun control, the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed firearms has spiked in recent...
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...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Publishes Bogus Science from RAND on gun control
In a paper titled, “Changes in firearm mortality following the implementation of state laws regulating firearm access and use,” RAND Corporation staffers have published a paper examining child access prevention (CAP), right-to-carry (RTC), and stand your ground (SYG)...
Did Illinois just ban or at least strictly limit concealed carry?
Illinois Governor Pritzker has an executive order that will take effect on May 1st. “Wearing a face covering in public places or when working. Any individual who is over age two and able to medically tolerate a face-covering (a mask or cloth face- covering) shall be...
Coronavirus: Some States have stopped issuing Concealed Handgun Permits
In 16 Constitutional Carry states, you don't need a permit to carry in the state, and in Montana, you don't need a permit to carry in about 99.4% of the state. But in the rest of the country, you need a permit to carry concealed. Partial list of states (We will update...
“Sheriff’s office in Ohio offering free CCW classes to churches”
From Fox Channel 8 in Cleveland. Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones announced Tuesday his office is offering free CCW classes to churches “that have or are implementing security teams.” This comes after a deadly shooting at a church in Texas Sunday.“Unfortunately,...
Puerto Rico becomes Right-to-Carry
Up until now it has been virtually impossible to get a concealed handgun permit in Puerto Rico. The new law has them move to right-to-carry, with a $200 fee, though that is about four times higher than the national average and will mean that lower income individuals,...
Fresno County Sheriff in California tries to encourage people in her county to get concealed handgun permits
Getting a concealed handgun permit in California is difficult. In most counties, the strict, 16-hour training requirement and high fees aren't the biggest obstacles. The biggest difficulty is simply convincing local law enforcement to agree that you have a legitimate...
On Fox Nation with Judge Napolitano: Explaining why more guns mean less crime
Dr. John Lott talks with Judge Napolitano about crime reduction when law-abiding citizens own and carry guns for self-defense.
With threats of violence and the rising temperatures, Trump administration officials should be able to carry permitted concealed handguns
UPDATE: New Rasmussen Poll: "59% of all voters are concerned that those opposed to President Trump’s policies will resort to violence, with 33% who are Very Concerned" During March of Obama's second year in office, the same numbers were "53% and 28% respectively."...
Illinois: More evidence that concealed handgun permits holders are extremely law-abiding
"You rarely hear an instance where a CCL holder is using their firearm in an unlawful manner. They’re generally law-abiding citizens, and they’ve gone to great lengths to get to where they’re at to have a CCL. And they’ve taken training to get there. And most of them,...