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Across the nation, concealed carry permit applications have increased, with permits for women increasing much faster than they are for men. Women carry guns for lots of reasons, but mostly one ...
In March 2017, Walther issued a recall notice on all CCP pistols, because of what they call a potential condition in the CCP that can cause the firearm, if dropped, [12] to discharge regardless of the manual safety being engaged or disengaged.
More Guns, Less Crime is a book by John R. Lott Jr. that says violent crime rates go down when states pass "shall issue" concealed carry laws. He presents the results of his statistical analysis of crime data for every county in the United States during 29 years from 1977 to 2005. Each edition of the book was refereed by the University of ...
Concealed carry, or carrying a concealed weapon (CCW), is the practice of carrying a weapon (usually a sidearm such as a handgun), either in proximity to or on one's person or in public places in a manner that hides or conceals the weapon's presence from surrounding observers. In the United States, the opposite of concealed carry is called open ...
Annual gun production in the U.S. has increased substantially in the 21st century, after having remained fairly level over preceding decades. [16] By 2023, a majority of U.S. states allowed adults to carry concealed guns in public. [16] U.S. gun sales have risen in the 21st century, peaking in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] "NICS" is ...
California Democrats passed new rules Tuesday restricting who can carry loaded weapons in public, successfully reviving a failed attempt to strengthen the state’s concealed carry gun laws ...
Opinion by Marek Warszawski: “My liberal brain slammed the brakes so hard it left mental skid marks.”
The Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act limits where an unlicensed person may carry; carry of a weapon, openly or concealed, within 1,000 feet (300 m) of a school zone is prohibited, with exceptions granted in the federal law to holders of valid state-issued weapons permits (state laws may reassert the illegality of school zone carry by license ...