Concealed Carry License/Permit Numbers

[Hawkeye]

Does anyone know of a good reliable source for the numbers of permits or licenses issues on a State by State basis? Please provide links or webiste addresses.

Thanks!

 

[todkapuz]

TxDPS - CHL Reports and Statistics

For the year ending 12/31/2010
TEXAS Active License Holders 461,724 ( 1.89% of the Texas population)
TEXAS Certified Instructors: 2,164

for the 2009 year (for persons over the age of 21):
Total Weapon related offenses total: 65,561
Total Weapon offenses involving CHLs: 101 (0.1541% of total offenses)

 

[Hawkeye]

Thanks! That's helpful. Now if I cav find similar information for NYSE....

 

[todkapuz]

Sadly not all states openly publish statistics... they simply don't want their citizens to know.

Alaska 7,568 (unconfirmed)
Alabama 350,000 approx (unconfirmed)
Arizona 163,314 Statistics: Concealed Weapons & Permits - Arizona Department of Public Safety
Arkansas 102,702 (unconfirmed)
California 32,666 CGF 2011 Statewide Carry License Statistics Report
Colorado 129,138 http://cbi.state.co.us/ic/Stats/2011/August%202011%20Firearm%20Statistics.pdf
Connecticut 165,319 (unconfirmed)
Florida 863,113 http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/Number_of_Licensees_By_Type.pdf
Georgia 368,987 (based on issuance numbers, georgiacarry.org)
Hawaii 183 (security firms - unconfirmed)
Idaho 71,429 Idaho, Utah indicate concealed weapons permits are on the rise
Indiana "more than" 318,000 (2009 - Q&A: H-T reporter on handgun permit database, and background on handgun use and regulations: HeraldTimesOnline.com )
Iowa: 36,000 (unconfirmed)
Kansas: 36,601 http://www.ksag.org/files/CCH_Statistics.pdf
Kentucky: 158,505 http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/ccdw/pdf/2010_CCDW_Annual_Report.pdf
Louisiana: 40,302 (2009 Louisiana State Police )
Maine: 29,000 (unconfirmed)
Maryland: 47,000 State laws on handgun permits spark debate among legislature, residents - Carroll County Times: Local
Massachusetts: 224,000 (unconfirmed)
Michigan 290,731 MCRGO ENews - Answers to FAQs
Minnesota: 88,824 https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/administrative/Documents/2010PTSReport.pdf
Mississippi: 50,045 (unconfirmed)
Missouri: 129,577 http://dor.mo.gov/publicreports/di35i42_liscwcr_report.txt
Montana: 27,708 (unconfirmed)
Nebraska: 15,432 Nebraska State Patrol
Nevada: 56,358 Nevada Department of Public Safety
New Hampshire: 6,830 NON-RESIDENT ONLY Permits and Licensing, Support Services - Division of State Police, NH DOS
New Jersey: 1595 N.J. senator pushes law allowing residents to carry handguns | NJ.com
New Mexico: 17,298 (unconfirmed)
New York: 93,028 'amended' http://troopers.ny.gov/Firearms/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/nj_senator_pushes_law_allowing.html
North Carolina: 228,072 http://www.ncdoj.gov/CHPStats.aspx
North Dakota 14,761 Concealed Weapons Permits
Ohio: 245,113 Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine - 2011 Q3 Concealed Carry Stats
Oklahoma: 54,977 (unconfirmed issuance 2005-2008)
Oregon: 135,516 Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine - 2011 Q3 Concealed Carry Stats
Penn: Estimated 627,068 .... known issued 142,477 in 2010 PSP
Rhode Island 4225 State of Rhode Island: Office of the Attorney General: Bureau of Criminal Identification
South Carolina: 118,236 http://www.sled.sc.gov/Documents/GeneralInformation/2009-2010AnnualAccountabilityReport.pdf
South Dakota: 58,287 South Dakota State News Home
Tennessee: 335,066 http://legallyarmed.com/resources/tn-stats.pdf
Utah: 293,651 http://publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/documents/BCINewsletterApril2011.pdf
Virgina: 135,838 http://www.vsp.state.va.us/downloads/2010_VSP_Facts-Figures_Annual-Report.pdf
Washington: 345,786 WA Democrat survey interesting for what it doesn
West Virgina: ~60,000 Gun law reform bill enters House of Delegates * - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -
Wyoming: 21,792 http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/dci/pdf/2010_Annual_Report.pdf


Unconfirmed reports are ones from non-media non-trusted non-government sources... I would, of course, file a Freedom of Information Act request from each state your interested in. They should be able to respond to a request for the "total number of" permits/licenses.

Should also stress, some of these states, like Florida, Texas, Utah ... are very common places for non-resident licenses... so information may contain multiple people across multiple states.

You should verify these numbers on your own, if you are making a report.

 

[Bill of Rights]

Rep added, tod. This is the kind of info I like to see here; factual data, researched and verified (or noted where either not verified or not possible to do so) I said it in my rep comment, but I'll repeat it here: Thank you!

ETA: I find it interesting that IN has 318,000+, but Utah, with as many as they issue out of state, has 25,000 fewer.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[todkapuz]

Rep added, tod. This is the kind of info I like to see here; factual data, researched and verified (or noted where either not verified or not possible to do so) I said it in my rep comment, but I'll repeat it here: Thank you!

ETA: I find it interesting that IN has 318,000+, but Utah, with as many as they issue out of state, has 25,000 fewer.

Blessings,
Bill

Well looking at the numbers, and just some of understandings across the states... some states are more .... gun friendly... i guess is a word for it.. like it really surprises me how few Texans have them... I honestly thought more people did, since a lot of people I met had them... but then again, there are laws such that a person can carry a concealed handgun in their car without a license (its 'their property' after all)... and of course its been long standing that no license is necessary to go to and from the range, or anything like that. Where as here, until very recently, appears that had I taken my guns to the range, I could have been violating the law, since I believe the main provision was from a gun store to home... etc... and Texas has generally been very more accepting of self-denfense, to the point that I know someone that was violating their CHL rules (no gun in a 51% establishment), but acted in the defense of a 3rd party, and absolutely nothing happened to them (other than the cop saying he shouldn't be carrying there, and to leave, as soon as the investigation was over).

As for Utah.. I don't know... originally when I first started hearing about CHL long ago, Florida was always the "go-to" place. Texas only recently opened up nonresident licenses. I am among a very few... of course I am still confused with Ohio accepts Utah, but not Florida or Texas (which has 7 hour training I think it is?... 4 hour renewals ... compared to what, 4 hour 1-time for Utah ? It really makes no sense to me)... all reasons I want the reciprocity bill to pass... although I still see issues where law abiding citizens could run afoul of carry rules, as every state is still has its own nuances.

 

[Bill of Rights]

Well looking at the numbers, and just some of understandings across the states... some states are more .... gun friendly... i guess is a word for it.. like it really surprises me how few Texans have them... I honestly thought more people did, since a lot of people I met had them... but then again, there are laws such that a person can carry a concealed handgun in their car without a license (its 'their property' after all)... and of course its been long standing that no license is necessary to go to and from the range, or anything like that. Where as here, until very recently, appears that had I taken my guns to the range, I could have been violating the law, since I believe the main provision was from a gun store to home... etc... and Texas has generally been very more accepting of self-denfense, to the point that I know someone that was violating their CHL rules (no gun in a 51% establishment), but acted in the defense of a 3rd party, and absolutely nothing happened to them (other than the cop saying he shouldn't be carrying there, and to leave, as soon as the investigation was over).

As for Utah.. I don't know... originally when I first started hearing about CHL long ago, Florida was always the "go-to" place. Texas only recently opened up nonresident licenses. I am among a very few... of course I am still confused with Ohio accepts Utah, but not Florida or Texas (which has 7 hour training I think it is?... 4 hour renewals ... compared to what, 4 hour 1-time for Utah ? It really makes no sense to me)... all reasons I want the reciprocity bill to pass... although I still see issues where law abiding citizens could run afoul of carry rules, as every state is still has its own nuances.

Ohio does accept Florida as well as Arizona, in addition to Utah and some others. Check out Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity Maps for a handy map. There are a couple of other "map" sites, one of which is still inaccurate (carryconcealed.net, which saddens me to say, as I used to be the one to maintain that one) and the other which is accurate, but the owners not very personable (I once asked their permission to quote something from them, with attribution, on another site, and was refused. Rudely. (handgunlaw.us)) I do like usacarry.com, as they're accurate and have been friendly and helpful in any contact I've had with them.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[alexanjl12]

Total Weapon offenses involving CHLs: 101 (0.1541% of total offenses)

What type of offenses would this included? like would a self defense situation be included in this number or not?

 

[AndersonIN]

Sadly not all states openly publish statistics... they simply don't want their citizens to know.

Alaska 7,568 (unconfirmed)
Alabama 350,000 approx (unconfirmed)
Arizona 163,314 Statistics: Concealed Weapons & Permits - Arizona Department of Public Safety
Arkansas 102,702 (unconfirmed)
California 32,666 CGF 2011 Statewide Carry License Statistics Report
Colorado 129,138 http://cbi.state.co.us/ic/Stats/2011/August 2011 Firearm Statistics.pdf
Connecticut 165,319 (unconfirmed)
Florida 863,113 http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/Number_of_Licensees_By_Type.pdf
Georgia 368,987 (based on issuance numbers, georgiacarry.org)
Hawaii 183 (security firms - unconfirmed)
Idaho 71,429 Idaho, Utah indicate concealed weapons permits are on the rise
Indiana "more than" 318,000 (2009 - Q&A: H-T reporter on handgun permit database, and background on handgun use and regulations: HeraldTimesOnline.com )
Iowa: 36,000 (unconfirmed)
Kansas: 36,601 http://www.ksag.org/files/CCH_Statistics.pdf
Kentucky: 158,505 http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/ccdw/pdf/2010_CCDW_Annual_Report.pdf
Louisiana: 40,302 (2009 Louisiana State Police )
Maine: 29,000 (unconfirmed)
Maryland: 47,000 State laws on handgun permits spark debate among legislature, residents - Carroll County Times: Local
Massachusetts: 224,000 (unconfirmed)
Michigan 290,731 MCRGO ENews - Answers to FAQs
Minnesota: 88,824 https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/administrative/Documents/2010PTSReport.pdf
Mississippi: 50,045 (unconfirmed)
Missouri: 129,577 http://dor.mo.gov/publicreports/di35i42_liscwcr_report.txt
Montana: 27,708 (unconfirmed)
Nebraska: 15,432 Nebraska State Patrol
Nevada: 56,358 Nevada Department of Public Safety
New Hampshire: 6,830 NON-RESIDENT ONLY Permits and Licensing, Support Services - Division of State Police, NH DOS
New Jersey: 1595 N.J. senator pushes law allowing residents to carry handguns | NJ.com
New Mexico: 17,298 (unconfirmed)
New York: 93,028 'amended' Firearms - Pistol Permit Bureau
North Carolina: 228,072 http://www.ncdoj.gov/CHPStats.aspx
North Dakota 14,761 Concealed Weapons Permits
Ohio: 245,113 Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine - 2011 Q3 Concealed Carry Stats
Oklahoma: 54,977 (unconfirmed issuance 2005-2008)
Oregon: 135,516 Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine - 2011 Q3 Concealed Carry Stats
Penn: Estimated 627,068 .... known issued 142,477 in 2010 PSP
Rhode Island 4225 State of Rhode Island: Office of the Attorney General: Bureau of Criminal Identification
South Carolina: 118,236 http://www.sled.sc.gov/Documents/GeneralInformation/2009-2010AnnualAccountabilityReport.pdf
South Dakota: 58,287 South Dakota State News Home
Tennessee: 335,066 http://legallyarmed.com/resources/tn-stats.pdf
Utah: 293,651 http://publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/documents/BCINewsletterApril2011.pdf
Virgina: 135,838 http://www.vsp.state.va.us/downloads/2010_VSP_Facts-Figures_Annual-Report.pdf
Washington: 345,786 WA Democrat survey interesting for what it doesn
West Virgina: ~60,000 Gun law reform bill enters House of Delegates * - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -
Wyoming: 21,792 http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/dci/pdf/2010_Annual_Report.pdf


Unconfirmed reports are ones from non-media non-trusted non-government sources... I would, of course, file a Freedom of Information Act request from each state your interested in. They should be able to respond to a request for the "total number of" permits/licenses.

Should also stress, some of these states, like Florida, Texas, Utah ... are very common places for non-resident licenses... so information may contain multiple people across multiple states.

You should verify these numbers on your own, if you are making a report.

This link shows Indiana had over 300,000 + in 2004 prior to the Obama sell-a-thon! One would hope we'd be closer to 500,000 now!

300,000 Hoosiers have gun permits

 

[todkapuz]

What type of offenses would this included? like would a self defense situation be included in this number or not?

I don't think self defense would be included in this, as Texas is pretty pro-self defense as a whole... but isnt clear is if the CHL holder was in a circumstance that the permit would have allowed for ... or if it contributed in any way...

Here are a selection of the charges.. the first number is TOTAL (as in all cases chl and non), and second is CHL holder:

AGG ASSAULT W/DEADLY WEAPON 2,603 4

AGG ROBBERY 1,845 0

AGG SEXUAL ASSAULT CHILD 1,350 13

ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJ 8,443 14

ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE 20,290 7

DEADLY CONDUCT 1,510 19

BURGLARY OF BUILDING 4,231 1

BURGLARY OF HABITATION 4,738 0

MURDER 406 1

TERRORISTIC THREAT 1,622 4

TERRORISTIC THREAT OF FAMILY/HOUSEHOLD 695 2

But again, without specific case information, its hard to make generalizations....

But in reality someone would need to add up ALL the reports from all the years presented and do a true chi-test or other statistical analysis.

I should mention, a fair number of these dont actually have anything to do with even using a weapon..

INDECENCY W/CHILD SEXUAL CONTACT 1,228 8 <- not agg sexual assault so no weapon used here... so did having a CHL contribute to this at all? probably not.

All we know is that the CHL lost his/her permit as a result.

from report:
"Offense" means an offense prohibited under Chapter 411, Subchapter H, Texas Government Code or under Title 5, Chapter 29, Chapter 46, or Section 30.03, Texas Penal Code.

 

[Hawkeye]

Ok.. Probably a dumb question, but here goes.

Does Texas allow open handgun carry? From my reading I think not as their license/permit is for concealed, but that's only a cursory read.

 

[Bill of Rights]

Ok.. Probably a dumb question, but here goes.

Does Texas allow open handgun carry? From my reading I think not as their license/permit is for concealed, but that's only a cursory read.

You are correct. Texas does not permit open carry for any who are not LEOs.

 

[Alamo]

If you are interested in a more detailed statistical look at Texas CHL crime rates versus the general Texas population, covering 2002 to 2009 (latest year of DPS stats), go download the spreadsheet contained in this post:

http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17975