Armed CitizenJeff Soyer on 21 Nov 2012 04:52 am
CCW Permit Holders in Kansas are Well Behaved
Few Kansans who hold a concealed-carry gun permit have been charged with a firearm-related crime, statistics show.
Of the 51,078 permits issued in Kansas since the law took effect in 2007, just 44 permit holders were charged with a crime committed while using a firearm, according to records from the Kansas attorney general’s office.
The Wichita Eagle reported that works out to one charge for every 1,161 permit holders, or 0.09 percent.
This correlates with statistics from other states. CCW permit holders commit fewer crimes than the general population at large.
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on 21 Nov 2012 at 1:43 pm # Sigivald
The amazing thing is that this surprises anyone.
My impression is that most crimes - not all, but most - are committed by the same set of people who are, well, career criminals.
Once they get a felony conviction, they cannot get a CCW permit, so naturally they’re filtered out.
Filter out the big repeat offenders who commit most of your violent or weapon-related crimes, and even without anything else, you end up with a lower-than-average rate.
Math, who knew?
on 21 Nov 2012 at 10:52 pm # dave
In other news, sky, still blue.