Ben Swann: Reality Check: Reduce violent crime by issuing more concealed carry permits.

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http://www.fox19.com/story/20388396/rc-reduce-violent-crime-by-issuing-more-concealed-carry-permits



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edit update from twitter:


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Reality Check tonight... 3rd part of our look at gun control. Tonight, the VERY politically incorrect #truth of the #SecondAmendment.

https://twitter.com/Fox19BenSwann/status/281890617225777152

 

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Concealed Carry Surges to New Records

Concealed handgun permits in the United States soared by 1.83 million since last July, setting a record for the fourth consecutive year …
That brings the total number of concealed handgun permit holders in the country to 16.3 million, with some of the biggest increases occurring among women and African-Americans, the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) said. …

In states that record gender data for permit holders … saw a 326 percent faster increase in permits among women than among men. … Records from states that keep statistics on race and concealed handgun permits showed that from 2012 to 2016, the number of blacks who have permits grew 30 percent faster than whites who have them. Asians appear to be the group that has experienced the largest increase in permitted concealed carry permits. …

During the eight years from 1999 to 2007, the number of permits increased by about 240,000 annually. During the next four years, the number of permits surged by 850,000 annually. Then, in 2012 and 2013, the yearly increase accelerated to 1.5 million. Record increases after that: 1,690,000 in 2015, 1,730,000 in 2016, and 1,787,115 in 2017. …