California Hasn’t Got Nothin on the “GunShine State”

CCW Permits Soar in CA

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“The number of concealed weapons permits issued in San Bernardino County has skyrocketed, soaring seven fold from last year’s pace, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s data. For all of 2008, the Sheriff’s Department issued 646 concealed weapons permits. But in” the first half of this year, the department issued 2,358 permits — a 730 percent jump.

Now take a look at the raw numbers for Florida in my earlier commentary found here:

"We're still sitting on about 50,000 applications," Bronson said. "We're getting in about 14,000 or 15,000 a month, and whenever they get a good slug out, they're getting another 15,000 in." As of July 31, Florida had 607,977 concealed-weapon permit holders…

Keep in mind how huge the state of California is compared to Florida. Even though the statistics shown about California is only one county, if you multiplied that by all the counties in the state of California, I still think Florida would be in the running for top slot when it comes to CCW permits.