1 in 15 Floridians have their CCW

[belcffub]

Concealed weapons license total exceeds 800,000 in Florida

With more than 800,000 issued, nearly one in every 15 Florida adults has a license to carry a concealed weapon, according to data compiled by the state.
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Among Floridians over 18 years of age, about 6.5 percent have applied for and received permits to carry a concealed weapon. Add the 104,210 permits brought into the state by out-of-state visitors and the total rises to 906,924 as of Feb. 29, according to Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which administers the licensing program

I think I read somewhere else that South Dakota has the highest percentage... around 8-10%...

anyone else think that with numbers that high it's amazing the number of justifiable homicides is only low double digits...

[krispos42]

1. And the murder rate is fairly consistant.

Go figure.

[Junkdrawer]

2. Yet. Remember, until 1914, the Armed Peace in Europe seemed like a great idea.

At last, an end to all those small European territorial conflicts.

[Meiko]

3. The author

of the article needs to do some fact checking.Zimmerman is not a convicted felon, if he were he would not be able to legally hold a CCW or have a handgun for that matter. I didn't realize that Florida had that many permit holders...WOW!

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. Castle Doctrine is also a reason, and its not limited to Florida

[greytdemocrat]

5. And I'm one of them.

A responsible gun owner. I rarely carry but I like the option.

[RebelOne]

6. An ex-boyfriend had a CCW.

But for him it was a necessity. He owned a restaurant in a high-crime area of Miami, 79th Street and Biscayne Blvd.

[X_Digger]

7. And interestingly, of those 920,000

Only 168 have been revoked due to committing a crime with a firearm.

http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/cw_monthly.pdf

Florida's crime rate for CWP carriers? 665 per 100,000.

Florida's overall crime rate is 4,100 per 100,000 residents over 21 yoa.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010

[tjwash]

8. Yes. It is a very polite state.

[ileus]

9. still sad....exercise your rights people

[belcffub]

10. I was impressed with the count...

until I looked up my home state of NY and saw we have around 1 million... granted you need a permit just to own so I guess it's not a fair comparison...