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Quoted: I was browsing the Packing.org site and discovered that the RKBA in CA is much better compared to IL. More than one county has handgun bans in there. Interesting.
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Is there data on total number of CCW's issued statewide? I bet California issues a lot of concealed carry permits!
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California has a total of 45,120 active permits at the end of 2005. For comparison, Florida has over 360,000, Virginia over 260,000, Texas almost 250,000, and Pennsylvania currently has active well over 600,000 permit holders.
On a percentage basis, less than .15% of Californians have CCW permits. The top five states by percentage of population with CCW permits:
7.45% South Dakota
6.79% Indiana
6.76% Pennsylvania
5.23% Connecticut
5.12% Washington
4.34% Idaho
4.10% Utah
3.86% Oregon
3.45% Tennessee
3.15% Alabama
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