Welcome to the Club: Texas

[gadwall8]

More and more Americans taking an important step to protect their loved ones and and themselves...

 

 

 

Texas becomes the Third State with over a million Concealed Handgun Permit Holders, with 5.3% of adult population

 

 

Texas is now the third state that has more than a million active concealed handgun permit holders.  As of April 30th they had 1,017,618 permit holders, about 5.3% of the adult population.  The map above shows the percent of the population with concealed handgun permits and for five counties the percent of the adult population with permits.

As of April 30th, Florida had 1,567,359 valid permits — 10.4% of the adult population.

As of January 20, 2016, Pennsylvania had 1,112,172 permits– 11.5% of the adult population.

Just these three states alone have 3,697,149.

 

How are you doing?

 

[Wigeon]

[jmlandru]

What are the other 2?

I would think the counties closer to the border would rank higher.

[redfishkiller]

I would GUESS fla,and penn.

[jrhjr]

They open carry in TX a lot.

Overall numbers I bet they'd be #1

By population density I bet it's AK..

[Lagerhead]

I would GUESS fla,and penn.

Good guess

[Simp]

I've yet to see anyone open carry since its been legal here in Texas. Most people don't want to be singled out I think. Can't blame them.

[Roadrunner]

Oh...my...Gawd! It'll be a blood bath! The wild, wild West! Said every hoplophobe that every lived, and yet it never came to pass.