Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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10. Yes, it is. From the original source: "State pistol permits spiked in 2016"

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 09:08 PM

Mar 2017

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20170318/state-pistol-permits-spiked-in-2016

State pistol permits spiked in 2016
Mary Biekert

NORWICH — Pistol permit applications have been on the rise over the last year, nearly doubling from 2015 to 2016, throughout Eastern Connecticut and the state overall.

The number of pistol permit applications processed by the State police for the entire state of Connecticut nearly doubled between 2015 and 2016, according to statistics provided by state police spokeswoman Kelly Grant.

The number of new pistol permits issued throughout the state in 2016 was 29,941 compared to 17,327 in 2015, a difference of 12,614 equating to a 72.8 percent increase in one year.

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K&R discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #1

Meaning 30,000 possible gun incidents? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #2

"(P)ossible gun incidents"? That sounds very much like "occasion(s) of sin" to me: friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #8

Ooooooooooooooooooooookay. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #9

I have absolutely no problem with the public expression of religious sentiments friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #11

I have no problem with people believing whatever, as long as they do not guillaumeb Mar 2017 #12

"YMMV" - "Your mileage may vary": friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #13

Thank you. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #14

So you failed to pick up on what most find obvious. pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #17

Apparently you find a connection. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #19

Any honest person with a functioning brain does. NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #21

I'm one of them. krispos42 Mar 2017 #3

This is in reference to concealed carry, or no? pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #4

I had the same question discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #5

CT residents need a permit to buy a firearm or ammo Lurks Often Mar 2017 #6

I'm a NY resident ... Straw Man Mar 2017 #7

Federal and the applicable state laws still apply Lurks Often Mar 2017 #18

Thanks LO! NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #16

Yes, it is. From the original source: "State pistol permits spiked in 2016" friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #10

Get that, FI....... pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #15

Not the "tipping point" they're after, I believe, (haha), yagotme Mar 2017 #20