Applications for concealed carry permits are at record highs.?
DISCLOSURE: I do not now, nor have I ever had a CCW. There are a few interrelated factors to the continuing expansion of CCW permits: * BECAUSE THEY CAN: Back in 1988, only 10 states had shall-issue CCW laws. Today it is 42 (if you include the few states that have dropped permitting altogether). As with any new opportunity, there are early adopters, majority-phase adopters and laggards. Hence, even states like Florida (passed shall-issue CCW in 1988) have new adopters every day from the pre-ex...