“Tag: concealed-carry permit”

Life for a gun owner who wants to carry for self-defense is quite different in freer states.

When, in 2010, Arizona became the third state in the union to adopt constitutional carry, it was a national story. In 2021, five states were added to the rolls and it barely made the news because the impact has been good.

For years, Allyson Hottinger feared each day would be her last. The Arkansas-based, single mother of two had long been embroiled in a toxic relationship defined by domestic violence.

If you had told me when I was a teenager that I would be a gun owner as an adult, I would have looked at you askew. Me?

Will California’s gun laws come to your state?

In early October, economist John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center released “Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2019,” his annual report on the number of concealed-carry permit holders in the United States.

The FBI has released the 2018 “Crime in the United States” report, which compiles crime data from law enforcement agencies around the country.

If you don’t have a gun, you can come and shoot ours,” the sheriff said, while offering free firearms training for those seeking to protect themselves with guns.

The Crime Prevention Research Center reports a 273 percent increase in permits for gun ownership across America.