I just renewed my Alabama handgun permit that lets me carry concealed in public. Only cost ten dollars and would have took only a few minutes but I had to wait in line! Had another renewal and one new application in front of me and as I was waiting another renewal came in behind me.
I asked how may handgun permits were active in my county and was told about 8k to 9K. My county is Lauderdale and the population is very close to 90K so that means that about 10% of the population have handgun permits, and that 90K includes children and others not allowed to have handgun permits so among the eligible adult population here more than 10% have handgun permits.
There is no state database of how many handgun permits there are state wide. If the percentage state wide is the same here then as the population is aprox 4,700,000 then there should be about 450K to 470K concealed handgun permits in the state!
I like it like that!
How many CCW licenses or permits in your state do you suppose?
I asked how may handgun permits were active in my county and was told about 8k to 9K. My county is Lauderdale and the population is very close to 90K so that means that about 10% of the population have handgun permits, and that 90K includes children and others not allowed to have handgun permits so among the eligible adult population here more than 10% have handgun permits.
There is no state database of how many handgun permits there are state wide. If the percentage state wide is the same here then as the population is aprox 4,700,000 then there should be about 450K to 470K concealed handgun permits in the state!
I like it like that!
How many CCW licenses or permits in your state do you suppose?