Reply #12: Virginia CCW statistics

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http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/4.2/GunFacts4-2-Screen.pdf

From October 1997 through January 1999, Virginia issued 50,000 CCW permits with zero revocations.

Fact: People with concealed
carry permits are:

• 5.7 times less likely to be arrested for violent offenses than the general public
• 13.5 times less likely to be arrested for non-violent offenses than the general public

In 2007, 44,000 people applied for CCW permits in Virginia.

Currently 2.11% of adults in Virginia have CCW permits.

If you had a nickel for every CCW permit holder who committed a crime, you probably couldn't buy a Happy Meal at McDonald's