Statistics That Should SCARE Anti-2A People Into Buying Guns
THE AUTHORS NOTE THAT ON ANY GIVEN DAY, ABOUT 30% OF HANDGUN OWNERS CARRY. THOSE WHO MAKE A DAILY PRACTICE OF IT IS HIGHER STILL AT 38%.
GRINDING THESE NUMBERS AND STATS FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU, WE SEE THAT:
– 4% OF ALL ADULTS CARRY DAILY.
– 6,000,000 ADULTS CARRY DAILY.
– 120,000 IN EACH STATE (ON AVERAGE) CARRY DAILY.
FOR CONTRAST’S SAKE, THERE ARE ONLY 665,380 PATROL OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES. GIVEN THREE DAILY SHIFTS, AND NOT BOTHERING TO FACTOR IN WEEKENDS, VACATIONS, SICK LEAVE, TIME SPENT IN COURTS, ET CETERA, THAT MAKES 221,793 OFFICERS, MAX, ON THE STREETS AT ANY TIME. ALSO IGNORING SIMILAR VARIABLES FOR CIVILIANS, THE DAILY CONCEALED CARRY COMMUNITY IS ABOUT NINE TIMES LARGER THAN THE POLICE.
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I’m doing my part. As a believer, I have no desire to take a life. But I am fully prepared to defend myself and others by using my training and skills to remove any criminal from the gene pool permanently.
Same rule for all predators. No exceptions.