Click figure to enlarge. Here are a couple simple graphs using Google Trends to show web searches for the term "concealed carry." After each of these three terrorist attacks over the last 90 days, you can see a sudden increase in interest for concealed carry. With...
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Surge in applications for concealed handgun permits since Paris Terrorist Attack
Currently there are about 13 million concealed handgun permits in the US, about 5.2% of the adult population. With people thinking of the terrorist attacks in Paris, there has been a significant increase in applications for concealed handgun permits. But even a...
Victim in UC Merced Mass Stabbing now supports Concealed Carry
From Breitbart.com (November 5, 2015): Byron Price, the construction worker who intervened to save a student under attack at University of California Merced on November 4, says he now views concealed carry “differently” and wants to get a permit to carry a gun....
Gallup: By a 56 to 41 Percent Majority, Americans Believe that More People Carrying Concealed Handguns make US Safer
For almost all categories of Americans, there is significant support for the notion that allowing people to carry permitted concealed handguns makes Americans safer. Only Democrats and those with a post-graduate education do not believe this, but that doesn't mean...
CPRC in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania newspaper: Special Report on Concealed Carry
LNP (the newspaper for Lancaster, Pennsylvania) has a large news special on concealed handguns in the state. This is from part of the article (an online poll is available here): . . . John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, is the author...
CPRC Research in the News: Fox News, Washington Times, Hot Air, and others
A Fox News article titled "Concealed-carry handgun permits soar as murder rate drops, study claims" has this report on our new study: A report from a prominent economist finds that the number of permits to carry concealed handguns has skyrocketed by 178 percent in the...
New Study: Over 12.8 million concealed handgun permits, last year saw by far the largest increase ever in the number of permits
The new report is available here. Reports for other years including 2016 can be viewed here. Part of the executive summary is shown here: Since President Obama’s election the number of concealed handgun permits has soared, growing from 4.6 million in 2007 to over...
Texas joins 12 other states that allow permitted concealed handguns on college campuses, copy of final bill available here
By a 98-47 vote the Texas House and a 20-11 vote in the Senate, the Texas legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill that allows concealed handgun permit holders to carry guns on college campuses. Nine states allow permitted concealed handguns on college campuses:...
Georgia Permit Holder Uses Gun to Stop Carjacking
The fact that the police shook the permit holder's hand says it all. Apparently this is the second time that the permit holder has used his gun in self defense. As the TV anchorwoman says, the permit holder certainly doesn't plan on becoming a victim any time soon....
Greg Gutfeld and the rest of The Five explain the benefits of concealed carry, especially for blacks
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com This discussion is excellent and there is little to critically comment on. Greg Gutfeld, Ainsley Earhardt, Jedediah Bila, and Eric Bolling clearly explain the issues. The one misleading concern wasn't directly addressed was...
Former Maryland state police Captain Jack McCauley, who was the commander of the Maryland State Licensing Division, testifies in favor of concealed handguns
Captain McCauley provides powerful testimony in favor of allowing civilians to carry permitted concealed handguns. Anyone who listens to Captain McCauley's testimony here will quickly see that part of it relies heavily on the CPRC's research here and here. ...
Original Research: Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age: College age permit holders do not pose a greater risk
Read the entire new report Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age from the Crime Prevention Research Center here. It is a common refrain that we can’t allow permitted concealed handguns on university property because we all know how irresponsible young people can be,...