Understanding The Concealed Weapons Laws

 

Some Common Myths

Myth: --- Innocent bystanders are often killed by guns

Fact: ----Less than 1% of all gun homicides involve innocent bystanders.
   

 

 

 

 

Who Are The Real Gun Buffoons

Myth: --- Citizens are too incompetent to use guns for protection.

 Fact: ----About 11% of police shootings kill an innocent person

The odds of a defensive gun user killing an innocent person are less than1 in 26,000. And that is with citizens using guns to prevent crimes almost 2,500,000 times every year.
 
   

 

 

 

 

Who Causes A Firearm Accident?

Most firearm accidents are caused by alcoholics, people with previous criminal records, multiple driving accidents, and other risky behaviors.

 
   
   

 

 

 

 

Typical Concealed Weapon's Permit Rules

  • Never convicted of "any felony offense punishable for a term exceeding one year".

  • No convictions of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

  • Never been convicted of the offense of stalking.

  • They were not under indictment at the time they applied for a CCW.

  • No DUIs in the past five years or two or more DUIs in the past 10 years

  • Never been hospitalized for addiction to drugs or alcohol in the past 10 years.

  • They've never been adjudicated as mentally defective.

  • They were not the subject of an order of protection at the time they applied for a CCW.

  • No dishonorable military discharge.  They've never renounced their U.S. citizenship.
     
   

 

 

 

 

 

Florida Statistics

One study found that in Florida CCW holders were 300 times less likely than the general population to commit a crime. The firearm crime rate among license holders, annually averaging only several crimes per 100,000 licensees, is a fraction of the rate for the state as a whole. Between the beginning of Florida's permitting program and the end of 2005, the state issued 1,104,468 concealed weapons permits. During that time period; 3,643 permits were revoked a rate of about .3 percent.

 

 

 

 

 

   

Texas Statistics

A Texas study found that CCW holders in that state were "5.7 times less likely to commit a violent crime, and 14 times less likely to commit a non-violent offense."

 

 


 
 
North Carolina reports only 0.2% of their 263,102 holders had their license revoked in the 10 years since they have adopted the law."

Georgia: "studies by numerous independent researchers and state agencies have found that concealed handgun license holders are five times less likely than non-license holders to commit violent crimes"

Utah had a permit revocation rate of about .4 percent. The rate for revocations due to
firearm offenses was .02 percent..

Kentucky, between 1986 and 2003, only .8 percent of s 71,770 licenses were revoked for any reason

Indiana revoked about .2 percent of its outstanding concealed weapon permits

Virginia has seen a revocation rate of just .2 percent, since the inception of its concealed weapons program in 1995.

Wyoming issued 2,273 permits and revoked four, a revocation rate of just under .2 percent.

Oklahoma issued 30,406 permits and revoked only 62a rate of .2 percent.

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