WASHINGTON — The number of Washington D.C. concealed carry permit holders skyrocketed a little over 1440 percent since the District lost a key legal battle related to its previous restrictive gun permitting process at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year.
The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to The Daily Caller Tuesday that 1,896 concealed carry permits were issued by MPD for the calendar year to date 2018.
MPD noted that several hundred approvals came from applications submitted in late 2017. These were included in the current 2018 approval number, which is why the total number of 2018 applications for DC concealed carry permits to date is 1508 — a number lower than the 2018 approval number.
Prior the court ruling, according to The Washington Post, only 123 people had active D.C. concealed carry permits and MPD previously denied 77 percent of applicants for not providing the once-mandated “good reason” to carry.
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5 comments:
when does MD go to Shall Issue??????????? hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Hogan when is MD changing their concealed carry laws to shall issue?
And MD still cannot conceal carry. When will this ever change? Why do we keep losing court battles on this shall issue matter? If DC has shall issue, how on earth can any judge deny that right to Maryland residents?
You all had a chance to get rid of the AG but decided he is the all great and powerful so you dont need to carry
you let Maryland keep voting Democrats back into office and you ask why
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