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Well, I imagine it is more than 12 million, therefore it is a safe guess that those getting a CCW are actually people who already own guns rather than a first time gun owner.
You're right, we need to encourage more CCWs. There are only 12 million of them.
Why? That should be a personal choice for people who know how to properly handle a gun and know how to keep a gun secure in their possession....I have no interest encouraging any idiot that buys a gun to carry it around on them at all times.
40% is less than half, but still over a hundred million homes.
Like I said, gun ownership has become socially acceptable. I live in one of the bluest areas of the nation and the amount of people that are interested in learning about firearms and eventual ownership is staggering. Every person I talk to that doesn't own a gun wants me to take them to the range.
"Like I said, gun ownership has become socially acceptable"
"HAS BECOME"?
Gun ownership has been socially acceptable since before there WAS an America.
Why? That should be a personal choice for people who know how to properly handle a gun and know how to keep a gun secure in their possession....I have no interest encouraging any idiot that buys a gun to carry it around on them at all times.
I'm sure you encourage idiots to vote though.
And yes, more people have been killed by elected governments than privately held arms.
"Like I said, gun ownership has become socially acceptable"
"HAS BECOME"?
Gun ownership has been socially acceptable from before the Revolutionary War.
Not really, historically gun approval is higher now than in the last 60-70 years. The democrats even tried to ban handguns as part of the nfa in the 30's. Concealed carry permits were non existent in the 80's. Guns have become much more mainstream than in the past.
They are guns the American majority who don't own guns disapprove of, they are guns knowledgeable gun owners disapprove of, and most importantly they are the guns that mass murderers use when they kill large numbers of people in schools and movie theaters (most mass murders in America are done with assault weapons.)
And any person knowledgeable about guns knows assault weapons are not needed by regular Americans. If you want to kill a bird you use a shotgun, if you want to kill a small animal you use a small caliber rifle, if you want to kill a deer you use a high powered rifle, and if you want to kill large numbers of human beings at both close and far ranges you use a assault weapon.
And for home defense assault weapons large caliber bullets will travel through walls and go great distances (they are not safe for home defense.) Instead a shotgun or pistol is better for home defense.
Over 50% of the American population are gun grabbers. And any rational political group in a voting country who only has 24% of the vote would try to negotiate with a 76% majority instead of saying "F. you we call all the shots."
The republican gun owning minority has no knowledge of firearms, statistics, voting, and cultural events that decrease gun ownership year after year. But the sad thing is today we can all walk into a store and buy a shotgun and a box of shells, but with republican stupidity we may one day end up like Europe (and unable to purchase guns and ammo.)
Assault weapons are fully automatic. The civilian versions here shoot at no faster rate of fire than any semi auto hunting rifle.
I use my AR for hog hunting and rifle competitions. The .223 round is great for both.
It would be a good home defense firearm for a natural disaster situation. We have hurricanes here.
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