Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Just curious - What % of the public is armed in your community?

My county has nearly 2 million residents, there are nearly 19k active ccw permits. I doubt if 1/2 of the permit holders carry all the time.


mike r

In the Peoria hood, most. Outside the hood, 10%.

In my neighborhood, it is probably 100%. We are all retired military, mostly US Marines, and a retired NFL CB. It would a pretty tough place to “take.”

“Finally”?

Majority of people I know feel this way.

The fact I live in an open carry state and rarely see it suggests most gun owners feel that way.

Legally? 😊

Seldom see anyone carrying around here .
Open or concealed .
Seems most problems are still handled going to cuffs or loud mouths .
But I’m talking in a 25 mile radius .
Pretty much covers most of my travels these days .
Kenneth

I dont know of anyone that doesn't have a gun at home, but I hardly ever see anyone open carrying. I know a few of us had lunch at a place a week or so ago and of the 6 at the table, 3 had conceal carry. No idea about the general public conceal carrying.

There were only 9 five year CC's issued in our zip code for the 2021 year, so I dont figure there are very many that carry. Small community, everybody knows everybody, no stores stations or school.

Probably 80% are armed in some way here.

As open carry is legal here in my daily activities I usually practice what I consider "I dont care carry", meaning I have a gun on my belt with a long enough shirt to cover it, but dont care if it gets exposed quickly while getting out of vehicle, bending over etc. Usually carry OWB during workday as its more comfortable while operating equipment, driving truck etc and usually switch to IWB when off. Obviously some situations call for deeper concealment.

As far as the OPs question, my county has one of the top percentages of carry license holders per capita in the state, my township is relatively rural so Im sure at great percentage are armed, at least in the home. Most all my friends carry on a regular basis.

How many in the community?
I dunno?
But what hasn't been to prison, probably carry...and probably have been since ol Heck wuz a pup.
This is an old farming community. I would only presume that EVERY pickup has some type firearm in, on or around it.
My neighbor is one of those guys that has a reputation as not one to mess with in the community.
He's not mean or vicious. He's just a nice guy who doesn't abide BS.
I'm known in the community at the "gun guy" and Matt's buddy.
I carry every day. It's the last piece I pick 7p when getting dressed every day and the first piece I take off when dressing for bed.
Plowing.
Mowing.
Fishing.
Hunting.
Cooking.
Whatever I'm doing, I carry.
Yep! Even church!

I'd wager pretty good money that most of the ex-cons also carry! 😉

CashisKing: If you are talking "armed" out and about in my community I would contend 10% to 15% (VERY low crime rate throughout this giant county!).
If you are talking "armed" while at home then its VERY close to 95% - maybe 98% of all able bodied adults!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I just went to Victoria's Secret and patted down a bunch of chicks. None of them were armed, but the people who came to question me about it were.

Here in my part of TN I would guess that just about every male and many females do carry on their body or have protection in their car. I believe every home in our subdivision have weapons in their homes.

"Has 'em"? Or 'carries 'em?


Has - 90%.. Carries - hard to tell but best guess is only 10%..

I just assume most people have one in vehicle, or are carrying. We've got constitutional carry here now. Even before that most people I knew carried permit or not

What did you get for yourself?

Bazinga!

Small town southern ID. Cops have told me the expect a firearm in every car or home they stop or go to.

I’d say 95% own and 50 % carry. Not a lot of bad happens. Now take that little trip down the road to Boise and I’d bet the percentage that carry locally increases significantly.

Florida has around a million and a half CCW permits issued. There are about 21 million Citizens. I doubt a huge percentage of permit holders actually carry regularly

In my immediate area…100%. My 3 neighbors and I are all friends and shoot together weekly or more. Stretching out a little further I’d guess the number to be close to 100%. There might be an oddball around that doesn’t have at least 1 firearm but they truly are the oddball around here. Every evening various guys can be heard doing some end of the day energy release. 😁 It sounds like freedom….

There are an unusually large number of Trump supporters, for Washington state anyway, around here too. There’s always a new group of farm boys cycling through the high school, boys that still stack hay bales for summer work, and those boys keep the traditions alive. There are a bunch of them that fly big Trump or MAGA flags from their pickups and get a rise out of messing with the liberals when they bring their bullshit around here. 👍

Hopefully, more than I think. But I am in a rural area and it is Trump country, so........