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Originally Posted by wheee! just curious... what percentage of American's carry handguns anyways? As a Canadian, you pretty much have to be a police officer or Brink's guard to carry.

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Old 05-30-2011, 10:20 AM   #11 (permalink)
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just curious... what percentage of American's carry handguns anyways? As a Canadian, you pretty much have to be a police officer or Brink's guard to carry. Even us soldiers have to move heaven and earth to get a license let alone a permit to carry. You can get a transport license, to and from a range, no deviations... but anything else is almost impossible.
No state is above 10% of the population with CCW permits, most are well below half that amount. I live in Kansas, where the rate is about 0.3%.

The exact info seems to be hard to come by, not sure why. This list is from 2004, based off of the 2000 census. Only lists out Shall Carry states. Kansas isn't even on here because we didn't become Shall Carry until 2006 I believe.

Keep in mind as well, that even those with a CCW permit...don't actually carry our guns around everywhere. I live in the middle of soccer mom land. 10yrs ago you couldn't spit without hitting a mini-van...now it's all SUV's. Nobody is car jacking anyone around here. Very little crime. I'd bet most people don't even lock their doors at night.

I believe most people who legally carry around a gun all the time are typically some type of law enforcement or military, past or present. That's just my guess based on what I've seen.

7.45% South Dakota
6.79% Indiana
6.76% Pennsylvania
5.23% Connecticut
5.12% Washington
4.34% Idaho
4.10% Utah
3.86% Oregon
3.45% Tennessee
3.15% Alabama
2.72% Florida
2.71% Kentucky
2.67% Wyoming
2.41% Maine
2.18% Arkansas
2.11% Virginia
1.94% West Virginia
1.76% Arizona
1.75% Oklahoma
1.70% Montana
1.70% Michigan
1.62% Texas
1.39% South Carolina
1.34% North Dakota
1.00% North Carolina
0.86% Mississippi
0.62% Louisiana
0.58% Nevada
0.45% Minnesota
0.36% Missouri
0.33% Ohio
0.20% Colorado
0.17% New Mexico
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