1. “one in eleven people you see anywhere in Florida is legally carrying a firearm for self-defense.”

   Something else I like to point out is that is ALL people. If you primarily hang around law abiding adults, the ratios get even more dramatic :-).

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2. Well, yes and no.
   A lot of CWP holders (maybe most) don’t carry all the time, or even most of the time. They only carry when they’re traveling, or when they go to the stop-and-rob for a quart of milk, or when they have to drive through certain cities or neighborhoods. And some never carry at all; they just have the permit for “emergencies,” e.g., hurricanes.
   But yeah, a 9% permit rate is impressive, especially when you consider the rates in other states.

3. Well, remember, Florida was first, 30 years ago, to implement a “shall issue” law.

   (I remember it well. The news rags predicted “blood in the streets”.)

   Yup. So Florida had a head start.

   1. Many states had shall issue long before Florida considered it. However, Florida was the first of the “modern” laws passed.

4. Florida does not distinguish between resident CHL and licenses issued to non-residents. This could see the statistics, was it accounted for in calculating the rate?

   1. No, but for statistical purposes, they are not that many to begin with. Ten years ago with less states having CWP? Maybe.

5. South Carolina.
   Population (2016) 21+, 3,238,538
   Concealed Weapons Permits (Dec. 2016), 308,406
   9.523%

6. “one in eleven people you see anywhere in Florida is legally carrying a firearm for self-defense.” They walk amonst you every day.
   They are the polite ones.

7. I’ve always liked the Gay Pride bumper sticker that says, “We Are Everywhere”.
   Only I think I mean a different thing by it than the originators would have intended.

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