There are only 30K active in Alaska, with a population approaching 700K, figure half of those are eligible so about 1 in 10?
Of course even prior to Con Carry you only needed a permit in a formal Municipality so of the 1/2 of the state that’s theoretically eligible only 2/3’s(?) would even have to bother, if they weren’t looking for reciprocity while travelling. So now we’re at more like 1 in 6 or so, adjusted.
March 8th, 2012 at 11:19 am
Those numbers are lower then I though they would be.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Compared to TX (where I live), TN’s stats look pretty good.
TX – CHL’s 461,724 — Pop. Total – 25,674,681
TN – THP’s 343,761 — Pop. Total – 6,403,353
Tennessee with ~1/4 of TX’s population has just 100,000 less folks with concealed handgun permits. Not to shabby for TN.
(Latest Pop stats from wikipedia, latest TX CHL stats from http://www.txdps.state.tx.us)
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March 8th, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Those numbers would be far more meaningful if they were shown as per capita. Amirite?
March 8th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
There are only 30K active in Alaska, with a population approaching 700K, figure half of those are eligible so about 1 in 10?
Of course even prior to Con Carry you only needed a permit in a formal Municipality so of the 1/2 of the state that’s theoretically eligible only 2/3’s(?) would even have to bother, if they weren’t looking for reciprocity while travelling. So now we’re at more like 1 in 6 or so, adjusted.
First time I ever air-pencilled that out.