Originally Posted By: Bingley
[quote=Denis]" The nice folks of Montreal suddenly feel like they live amongst the average citizens of LA. Then maybe you need firearms to shoot marauding gangs who come by to enslave your children, rape your wife, and make you fight the Humongous in the thunderdome for their pleasure. In that case, you'd better get a lot of tactical training during peace time, stockpile guns and ammo, get your black gear in place, etc. The motivation? Fear, vigilance, and... let's face it, those of us who do tactical training often enjoy it.


LA is not a good comparison, at least for carry permits as they probably rival Montreal for the least per capita available.

Los Angeles county has aprox. 400 total concealed carry permitees!

http://calgunsfoundation.org/resourc...TC%20STATS.pdf http://calgunsfoundation.org/resourc...TC%20STATS.pdf

California in general is lower than most states. For a summary
state by state for CCW, see the GAO report starting on page 80.

http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/592552.pdf http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/592552.pdf

Added: whether this is good or bad, I won't say, just to
keep this out of the political.



Edited by clearwater (07/20/12 04:20 PM)