Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Concealed Carry - The Best and the Worst States

Guns and Ammo

51. Washington D.C.Permit Issuance: 0Reciprocity: 0Training Time: 0Application Fee: 0Stand Your Ground: 0Best States for Gun Owners: 0Duty to Inform: 0Pre-Emption: 0Issued to Non-Residents: 0TOTAL: 0It’s hard to believe any place in the United States—aside from places such as prisons and mental institutions—could possibly score a zero. Until the recent Heller Supreme Court decision, residents weren’t even allowed to own guns. No magazines are allowed that hold more than 10 rounds, there is no law permitting concealed carry, and there is no Castle Doctrine law.

1. Arizona
Permit Issuance: 25
Reciprocity: 18
Training Time: 10
Application Fee: 10
Stand Your Ground: 10
Best States for Gun Owners: 10
Duty to Inform: 5
Pre-Emption: 5
Issued to Non-Residents: 5
TOTAL: 98 
After taking the top spot in “The Best States for Gun Owners,” Arizona tops the leaderboard once again. As a “Constitutional Carry” state, anyone 21 and over who can legally own a firearm can carry it concealed without a license. In addition, Arizona issues licenses on a Shall-Issue basis, allowing residents and non-residents to carry their weapons when traveling out-of-state. Arizona also has no duty to immediately inform an officer, has excellent reciprocity and a Stand Your Ground law.

12 comments:

  1. Sounds like a very nice place to visit....

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  2. So where are the piles of dead bodies in Arizona? With it being the most firearms friendly state in the U.S., their violent crime rate should be highest in the nation, right? After all, anyone over the age of 21 can purchase any firearm they want and carry concealed without any government oversight.

    -- TruthBeTold

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    1. I wonder what the respective crime rates are for Washington D.C. and Arizona?

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  3. Now here's a scorecard that makes sense.

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  4. From FBI's 2012 stats,

    Violent Crime Homicide
    Arizona 428.9 5.5
    California 423.1 5.0
    DC 1243.7 13.9
    Illinois 414.8 5.8
    New York 406.8 3.5
    Texas 408.6 4.4
    http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/5tabledatadecpdf

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    1. With all the guns and loose gun laws, AZ should be faring a bit better than that, don't you think? That's what you keep telling us anyway.

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    2. I've said many times that rates of violence are independent of the number of guns in a community. You, Mikeb, claim otherwise, but D.C. falsifies your claim.

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    3. You know better than that, Greg, but no one around here expects the truth from you.

      Gun availability is a factor in the equations that result in violence. There are other factors, but to pretend that guns have nothing to do with it is typically mendacious of you.

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  5. I saved this quote from Mike: "I predict over the next five years, Arizona will give us incontrovertible proof that gun control is needed."

    That was about three years ago when Arizona passed constitutional carry. Tick-tick-tick, Mike. Time is running out on that proof.

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    1. AZ has proven to be a total failure in the bizarre idea that more guns makes for a safer state.
      http://mikeb302000.blogspot.it/2013/10/incontrovertible-evidence-that-guns-are.html

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  6. In states with lots of gun restrictions, the same amount of illegal gun buyers will be there as any other gun friendly state. So in places like Arizona, law abiding citizens can defend themselves and criminals might not want to hurt anyone for fear of someone with a concealed gun. But in states with many gun restrictions criminals have nothing to fear so naturally there will be more crime there. Gun control has a backwards effect.

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    1. Yeah, that would be great (for your side) if it were true.

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