The reality: crimes are committed across the nation by concealed-handgun permit holders, and the more permit holders are documented in news reports and stories like helmet use in motorcycle accidents, the faster we'll see people adjust their view of the safety hype. According to the Wichita Eagle:
From May 2007 through October 2009 alone, concealed-handgun permit holders killed eight law enforcement officers and 77 private citizens (including 10 shooters who killed themselves after an attack) —according to Concealed Carry Killers (http://www.vpc.org/ ccwkillers.htm), a new online Violence Policy Center resource that tallies news reports of such killings. The Web site offers detailed descriptions of each incident and is updated monthly to include new fatal shootings and changes in the legal status of permit holders facing criminal charges.
Of the 46 incidents detailed on the site, 10 were murder-suicides involving firearms and eight were mass shootings (three or more victims) that claimed as many as 11 lives at a time … there are incidents of concealed-handgun permit holders shooting and killing people over car wrecks and parking spaces.
Because most state concealed-carry systems release little data about crimes committed by permit holders, the Violence Policy Center is forced to review and tally killings by permit holders as reported by news outlets. As a result, the center's numbers most likely represent the floor — and not the ceiling — of actual killings committed by permit holders.
From May 2007 through October 2009 alone, concealed-handgun permit holders killed eight law enforcement officers and 77 private citizens (including 10 shooters who killed themselves after an attack) —according to Concealed Carry Killers (http://www.vpc.org/ ccwkillers.htm), a new online Violence Policy Center resource that tallies news reports of such killings. The Web site offers detailed descriptions of each incident and is updated monthly to include new fatal shootings and changes in the legal status of permit holders facing criminal charges.
Of the 46 incidents detailed on the site, 10 were murder-suicides involving firearms and eight were mass shootings (three or more victims) that claimed as many as 11 lives at a time … there are incidents of concealed-handgun permit holders shooting and killing people over car wrecks and parking spaces.
Because most state concealed-carry systems release little data about crimes committed by permit holders, the Violence Policy Center is forced to review and tally killings by permit holders as reported by news outlets. As a result, the center's numbers most likely represent the floor — and not the ceiling — of actual killings committed by permit holders.
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