On July 2, Florida’s new permitless carry law went into effect, continuing a disturbing trend across the country. Florida’s law marks the 26th state with permitless carry laws on the books as America is quickly becoming a nation of mass shootings. That is, over half of the country has now embraced permitless carry laws even though they carry extra risks.
As CBS News reported, those who choose to conceal carry their firearms are no longer required to have a permit to carry nor are they required to take any instructional course. However, because open carry is not part of Florida’s gun laws, they still are not cleared to conceal carry their weapons in public places. This includes airports, schools, stores, or other locations where guns are restricted or outright banned. Gun owners must still pass a background check, be legal US residents, and be permanent residents of Florida, neither can they be unlawful users or addicted to controlled substances, they also cannot have what is referred to as a disqualifying condition such as a felony charge, misdemeanor charge or an injunction.
In 2023, 139 mass shootings in permit-less carry states, 182 in non.
Florida - 17
Permit-less carry mass shootings count by state:
Alabama - 4
Arizona - 4
Arkansas - 4
Georgia - 14
Idaho - 1
Indiana - 7
Kansas - 4
Kentucky - 4
Maine - 1
Mississippi - 13
Missouri - 11
New Hampshire - 1
Ohio - 16
Oklahoma - 5
Tennessee - 13
Texas - 31
Utah - 1
Total - 139
Other states:
California - 29
Colorado - 6
Connecticut - 2
DC - 4
Illinois - 21
Hawaii - 1
Louisiana - 17
Maryland - 14
Massachussetts - 1
Michigan - 9
Minnesota - 4
New Jersey - 7
New Mexico - 3
New York - 7
North Carolina - 17
Oregon - 1
Pennsylvania - 18
Puerto Rico - 3
South Carolina - 9
Virginia - 5
Washington - 4
Wisconsin - 5
Total - 182
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Seems pretty close to even. It’ll be interesting to see if that changes over the years or stays about the same.
As a NJ gun owner, I think meeting in the middle is the most sane option.
Here you have to jump through so many hoops and practically need a law degree to make sure you don’t accidentally commit a felony.
Numbers like that would probably need to also be adjusted for population. Not sure if you just eyeballed that or not.
Alabama’s 4 would be like 31 in California.
Which in that case is roughly similar, but who knows about the rest.
Very good point
This sort of data absolutely needs to be normalized per capita to bear much meaning.
A small number per capita in a state would not invalidate the fact that people died because of mass shootings. The acceptable number of mass shootings is 0. The points I’m making are 1. that gun laws need to be stricter everywhere regardless of blue/red state, permit carry/not, or any other classification criteria, and 2. Fuck Ron DeSantis
Cali has made it easier for the state attorney to sue firearm industries. Something positive to celebrate in the way of gun control.