The VPC’s Concealed Carry Killers project tracks mass shootings by concealed carry permit holders. Learn more here: https://t.co/esK3lhCCcO
— Violence Policy Center (@VPCinfo) August 25, 2023
The Violence Policy Center gun control organization maintains a database of “mass shootings” carried out by concealed carry permit holders. They naturally jumped on the incident last week in which an ex-cop opening fire in a bar in Orange County, California. Unfortunately for the VPC, their database really only proves — pretty clearly, in fact — how rare murders committed by people with carry permits actually are.
Of the 2,490 deaths referenced across 16 years, 1,505 were suicides where no one was killed but the person with the permit themselves. That’s right, Violence Policy Center shamelessly continues to classify suicide victims as “killers” like gang members in a drive-by shooting.
That leaves 985 people killed, some of which VPC acknowledges were self-defense situations and other instances that aren’t really a good fit for what they’re trying to claim.
But let’s pretend that all of those 985 people were actually cold-blooded killers with carry permits. That would equate to around 75 “concealed carry killers” per year.
Given that around 16 million Americans carry legally, the per capita rate of concealed carry homicides comes out to 0.47 per 100,000. That’s not even 10% of our national rate.
People who carry a gun legally are among the most peaceable demographics that exist. And we have the VPC’s diligence and hard work to thank for proving it.
Konstadinos Moros is an Associate Attorney with Michel & Associates, a law firm in Long Beach that regularly represents the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) in its litigation efforts to restore the Second Amendment in California. You can find him on his Twitter handle @MorosKostas. To donate to CRPA or become a member, visit https://crpa.org/.