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Incendiary Image of the Day: Arizona Concealed Carry Permits Edition

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(courtesy azdps.gov)

That’s 200,000 active concealed carry permits in total since the Copper State started issuing on September 8, 1994. Obviously, those stats are not incendiary for The People of the Gun. But they’re like a red rag to a bull to the forces of civilian disarmament. In 2011, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership Violence rated Arizona second to last. (Rating system provided here, deconstructed here.) So the gun grabbers can’t be happy with those stats. Happily, it’s actually better/worse than that. In 2010, Arizona enacted Constitutional Carry (no permit required for state residents). So even though permit holders have privileges (e.g. restaurant carry), the actual number or Arizonans carrying could be even greater. And just so you know, Arizona has 6.5m residents, excluding undocumented inhabitants.

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Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. <— Is an Az CC gal… Thanks for posting this info & yep, Bloomberg calls us "Valley of the Gun" & that's just fine with us. We wear the label proudly. 🙂

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  2. those stats don’t give any real data. I don’t know a single person with a CCW permit. it’s completely useless here. the only merit is a quicker BG check. you see people carrying EVERYWHERE here and no one gives a single fuq. if anything, local LEOs seem happy to see fellow armed civilians. I’ve never experienced another state that allows such freedom.

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    • that would be awesome of there was like 500 people in that age group. we need ccw increase with females and elderly.

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  3. Does this mean I can now have flights that connect through Chicago while carrying my guns without fear that I’ll be stuck in a hotel overnight and be subject to arrest?

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  4. Thanks for the writeup; this thing looks pretty interesting.

    Jim Barrett made the assumption that it wouldn’t work with his two stage Giesselle, and would require pulling it out and replacing with a mil-spec. The review says “the SIRT-AR has a fairly realistic trigger feel that’s similar to a mil-spec trigger.” That makes me think that you’re not actually tripping your own trigger, you’re just pushing on the lever to the bolt. Does it require a standard trigger group, or will it work with any one?

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  5. After shooting himself in the foot for the 3rd time, Private Potsgrovshinko and his bayonet flag were summarily retired!

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  6. Ah Governor Cuomo…..getting nervous about your political future? You shouldn’t have treaded on the 2nd Amendment! I like the hacker group ‘Anonymous’ motto: WE DO NOT FORGIVE! WE DO NOT FORGET! It seems to apply here.

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  7. Governor Cuomo, to quote our 2A supporting friends in the hacker group Anonymous: “We Do Not Forgive! We Do Not Forget!”

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  8. Lentils are also commonly used in Ethiopia in a stew-like dish called kik, or kik wot, one of the dishes people eat with Ethiopia’s national food, injera flat bread. Yellow lentils are used to make a nonspicy stew, which is one of the first solid foods Ethiopian women feed their babies.`;:,

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  9. the Kel-Tec is the oldest model of its kind, so its logical to expect the most number of reported reliability issues.

    issues aside, I’ve heard nothing but good things about the TCP. You can’t beat the price and it works great from the past 2 years I’ve been reading up on it.

    I own a good P3AT, but the slide lock is something I’ve always been a bit envious about. Triggers are similar, but noticeably “different” from the LCP.

    Any S&W Bodyguard owners out there who could chime in? Thanks.

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    • This discussion is already raging elsewhere, but in short: It isn’t ideal, but in states with proper shall-issue (in NH it’s $10, 14 day max turn around, no finger prints/photos) and no restrictions on buying/possessing/open carry, I would prefer to focus on more pressing issues (Federal restrictions, kicking out anti-liberty politicians). Furthermore, permits have many benefits that are often forgotten. In Texas, CC holders don’t have to submit to NICS background checks, and they can provide private sellers from liability issues.

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  10. Just bought a NIB Remington 700 short action in .243 { 22″ barrel } from an old friend who bought it new at Wally-World years ago, and NEVER shot it, for $375.
    I’m in the process now of getting a bi-pod, etc., for it.
    I already have a Nikon Monarch { 3.5x10x50 } scope with Weaver mount & rings installed . Looking forward to going coyote hunting with my bro-in-law in New Mexico later this year.

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  11. And what the heck is wrong with being “an old white guy”? I don’t come to this website to hear anti-white bigotry. Leave the racial politics out of it.

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  12. Don’t kid yourselves this tactic is a moneymaker, likely right up there with the red light camera. As a bonus the Gestapo heads get to brag to the media about all the evil guns they steal from the little people. If all 729 guns taken from citizens were indeed bad guys I would say ny has a sheep problem! From what I hear only bad guys can have a gun in NYC.

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  13. Everybody in AZ is going around to every black woman over 80 and asking “Are you The One?”. I kid, but for real… 1?

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  14. Could not get my Zip Pistol from USFA to function. It was returned post paid to CT where they updated. Returned with extras. A rail and a box of CCI Blazer 22 Ammo. Great company who is trying to get their new gun working. Will test Sunday and tell you all.
    Life of a collector beta tester to be the first on my block!!!

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  15. You are so egregiously wrong – not to mention personally limited! Rosenberg is one brave, brilliant and dedicated human being who dares to take action in our money-mad culture of violence and cruelty! Thousands of us cheer and honor her courage daily, while you and yours continue to accrue incredible profits from the unlimited sales of weapons of death! Ugh!

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  16. Holy hell is she hideous, and is it just me or do a lot of these people have a name that is a variation of -stein or -berg?

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  17. Forget about budget issues, in many rural locations throughout Oregon it can take 30-minutes to several hours for police to respond even when agencies are fully funded. The coverage area is just too great in most of the rural counties.. I remember when I lived in Columbia County about 45 minutes from Portland. I learned right after I moved there that the small town police department closed up at 2am and calls were directed to the Sheriff who had only a few deputies on the road at that time. In rural Oregon, if you do not have the means to protect yourself, you are done regardless of police budgets.

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  18. Pardon my weirdness, but last I knew shotgun pellets travel with a tidge more zip than a bolt, firing pin or hammer.

    I suppose one could pack the cases radially, with the ammo all pointy end outward and the primers out of harms way, but something tells me that’s not what they do.

    Along with “this end up” and “use no hooks,” the cases should maybe be marked “shoot other side.”

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  19. Wisconsin the 49th ccw, had Walker sign the bill June 8, 2011.
    3 months 22 days later,
    The first permit issued on the first day of eligibility November 1, 2011.
    Illinois doesn’t even care that they prove themselves administratively incompetent.

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  20. Makes me want to look into a holster under the steering wheel.

    Carrying while driving usually means a seatbelt renders a draw delayed at best, which in this case, might have been never.

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  21. This story all ready hot subject with ant gun people ant gun media post all over the place msnbc all ready climax all over this story so is huffingtonpost.

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