The Right to Carry Concealed Arms is Winning, in One Chart

Via
Instapundit comes this Volokh Conspiracy
blog post at The Washington Post. David Kopel of
Colorado’s Indenpendence Institute
writes:

As of 1986, slightly less than 10% of the U.S. population lived
in states where there were objective and fair procedures for the
issuance of concealed handgun carry permits. About a third of the
population lived in states where there was not even a process to
apply for a permit. The majority of the population lived in states
where issuance in permits was highly discretionary, and many
issuing authorities refused to issue to ordinary law-abiding
citizens.

By 2014, the percentage of people living in the Red states, with
no possibility of even applying for a permit, has declined to zero.
Illinois’ 2013 reforms ended the problem of states not even having
an process theoretically available. (The problem persists in DC,
but this chart is only for states.)

As of January 2014, about 2/3 of the population lived in a Green
state, with a Shall Issue licensing statute.

Note: Green “shall issue” shading gets a big bump at the far
left because Kopel assumes that
a recent federal ruling by the Ninth Circuit will be
upheld.

Read the whole thing.

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