Just left the grocery store... then grabbed a burger at the local FF joint on the way home.

Passed maybe a dozen folks at the grocery store that I know always carry at least one firearm.

Only 7 people at the burger joint... all were armed.

About 35%-45% at my church...

Gives a man a good sense/comfort thinking on this... no particular reason... it just crossed my mind.

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Your community?

Estimating is fine...

I would say 80%. Good guy a mall was carrying and took out bad gut about a month ago here in Indiana. I carry everywhere I go.

I really have no idea but, most people in my area have guns. I don't know anybody in my area, that's anti gun.

In my county, probably over 90%.

If I had to estimate how many adults who can carry do carry, I would estimate about 30% based on what I've seen so far. Lynchburg Virginia.

Surrounding counties? 80% at least. Probably lowballing that number.

Carrying?
Not a whole lot.
Violence in this area is either consensual physical stuff or among the
low life element.

Few homes are unarmed, most male operated vehicles, a lot of female ones have a gun.

I am, I don't know and I don't care. But I believe a well armed society is a polite society.

50% the good 50%.

I had ready that 90% of the homes in my county have at least one firearm. Before the state went Constitutional carry, I had ready 67% of adults had a concealed pistol permit.

How would i know?... But i suspect not as many as there should be... Complacency...

I would say over 90% have guns at home, not sure about carry don't see any open carry .

I would say, out here in the country where I live, within a radius of a couple of miles from where I am sitting all the way around me ... 100%.

100%

No doubt. It's 99.9% Caucasian conservative and the .1 of African Americans near here are solid people.

100%

We don't have Constitutional Carry but it's fairly easy to get a permit .... we do have open carry and I've seen a lot more of that around here lately since the law passed.

I'm still gonna conceal mine but at least I no longer have to worry about printing or accidentally showing a firearm on my hip. I just prefer to keep it concealed.

Many carry here. Fairly discreet. As far as having guns, they are quite plentiful.

In Chicago, it's probably at least 50%.

Rural area here. Most every home has firearms. Deer opener is a school holiday. A Democrat couldn’t get elected dog catcher. Concealed carry is of course an estimate, but I’d say not over 10% at any given time. Probably even less.

Proll could get that answered with a fair degree of certainty if youre ANTIFA/blm in a leftist locality with state laws that don’t comply with communist doctrines.

Hell they’ll likely be making lists of said citizens public before long.

Since Ohio now has constitutional carry, I’d say 50%. Not many open carry. I don’t blame them. Don’t like showing my hand until it’s time.

Ron

Finally a man with some common sense. I never open carry. You are just inviting trouble.

My state supposedly leads the U.S. in the percentage of residents who own firearms, partly because half the adult males hunt, and many women too. But a lot of people carry every day, and probably even more since we recently became constitutional carry.

Wae at service station on edge of town and a guy was open carrying. No one paid any attention. Most folks have a gun in their truck. Lots carry.

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........

I might see ONE person that I know of that is armed. On occasion here in Glocksville.


They type of person I see is that guy with snake skin Luchesse boots with spurs and silver tips, yea…fuggin spurs in LOWES.
Cinch jeans, Wounded Warrior T-shirt
porn star mustache

Drop rig holster

Pit bull on a rhinestone leash

Stands out

Nobody has guns in my neighborhood. I sold all of mine last week, out in Texas.

Probably upwards of 90%…..maybe even 95% are firearm owners! Probably less than 35% (SWAG system used) carry daily! memtb

Most folks in my area go armed. Except for one dumb libtard on my street. He’ll be the first to go when SHTF.

There's people who wish they had a gun with them everyday. I do a lot of people watching and from what I can tell not many CC around here.

Prolly a good % in my area. Rural MS.

But…..

There’s the bunch that believe the police is gonna save them.

Our county has maybe 2 deputies on patrol at night.

I worked with a colored dude tears back. During the 0bama years. Played football at college til he fugged his leck up.

I asked him if you had a gun to protect his family.

Just as serious as he could be, said I’ll call the police.

Dude, you live in the country ( county).

You realize if the deputy is on a call in the opposite of the county, you’re fugged??

Didn’t matter to him. Police gonna save him.

I live in the Free State of Wyoming, constitutional carry here. Lots of people carry concealed but you don't know it because it's CONCEALED. Very seldom see open carry, but we have a few of those as well.

I’ve no idea.

"... just inviting trouble ..."

Really? ...and what trouble would that be?

"Let's go harass that guy with the 1911 on his hip! He seems to be a pushover!" 🤪

"You might have a gun, but I'm a-gonna whup yore a$$!"

"This looks like a good place to rob! See that guy with the handgun! Naw! He ain't gonna shoot us!"

"I think I'll go to rob that armed guy over there! He looks easy."

If the “open carry” person is in the immediate area of a robbery, ect., and the assailant is just a little situationally aware……the “open carry” person will be the first threat (to the robber) eliminated! Nothing like having a neon sign overhead stating……”shoot me first”! 😉 memtb

Tend to agree with ya but the flip side of the coin is that seeing one armed person may dissuade the idiot from committing the intended crime thinking if theres one person obviously armed here maybe there is more.

1. One is never out of reach in my home.
2. Never exit house unarmed.
3. Always concealed.

40 years ago caught Jamboni in my car.
Held him for po-pos.
He had a big screwdriver.
I had a Chief's Special.
He complied with my orders.

any questions ?

Not sure, I pay attention and seldom see someone carrying, I'm sure some are that I don't notice. I carry all of the time, even at home. I would say not many do here in Corpus.

I don't know.

I live off the beaten path so I wouldn't be surprised if some in my immediate vicinity are unarmed.

On the other hand, Kentucky is a constitutional carry state, and I'm sure many go about armed but are discreet about it.

Here on the Border, very few aren't carrying. Rio7

I have no idea. Most men here deer hunt and own at least a few guns between hunting and defensive purposes. I know a few people that are outspoken about what they own and CCW’s but most just keep quiet about how many and fly under the radar with CCW’s.

I’d guess that a lot have a CCW but that most usually do not carry but just a guess.

Same here Roger. Rarely ever see any one open carry.
I’d guess maybe 10% Conceal Carry.
But I live in a very rural area.

Back when taught the TX Carry Course here, for over 20 years, I always asked each class, how many planned to carry daily when the got their License. More than half of my students said they only wanted the license so they could legally have a gun in their vehicle for traveling.

Of course, that’s all changed since we got Constitutional carry here a year or so ago.

Greater than 70% of us have guns. Id say less than ten percent cary on their person on a regular basis.

In the area, the vast majority own firearms but I suspect very few have a carry permit and few of them actually carry a gun.

At home I keep a gun handy, always a rifle for varmints and for the next few months, a shotgun to shoot passing geese. I have had a carry permit since 1985 and carry whenever and where ever allowed.

Of the rest, it is estimated 10% of carry permit holders carry even occasionally. I suspect that is pretty close to accurate based off my experiences. I worked in a farm store for nearly 4 years and saw maybe a couple dozen with guns and I am fairly decent at spotting them. I loved those that open carried, they were good for at least one customer running up to me to report the "troublemaker".

My first question was always, "Was the gun in a holster?" The answer was invariably, "yes" to which I would reply, "criminal's don't use holsters. That is someone who is legal to carry a pistol." The look on the person's face was always good for a laugh. If they began to stammer further I would tell them I am not paid enough to confront someone with a gun but, if they wanted to, I wouldn't stand in their way to do so. The reporting person would always storm off to never be heard from again.

Not that many around here .
Maybe 1 in 150.
Mostly open carry.
Me concealed back pocket tee shirt over it.
It prints but honestly I think most have zero clue.

Pretty good at spotting print signs on conceal carry.

Little pocket pistols hard to detect.
Womens purses dunno...
Bytch could be carrying a old school .44 automag for all I know..

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A lot more than I am aware of, for sure.

I work in a gunshop where probably ten of us are carrying, both openly and concealed, so it feels pretty normal to see at this point.

But a lot of people are doing the constitutional carry thing and it's good to hear.

Same here. Open carry when not in the woods invites a lot of unneeded attention but printing while concealed carrying is way over exaggerated IMO. The average 20 year old bro or tweaker looking to hold up a store or random crazy looking to shoot one up doesn’t know what to look for and isn’t focused on it unless way over the top obvious.

In NW MT, I'd bet 80 percent of homes are "armed" as in defended. As for armed on walkabout? Hard to say as most are pretty discreet, nobody really advertises it. Much better to keep the very few bad guys (and "gals") guessing.

I almost never carry because it's just not necessary so often, and I'm a klutz anyway. But there are "kits" under certain seats just in case the situation looks interesting, or is becoming so.

Nearly all good rural folks are gun owners. Some are pretty proficient with them, some are not.

Around 12 percent of the entire population of SC has a concealed weapon permit. When you eliminate everyone under 21, that’s a high proportion of adults. Eliminate those not qualified for one reason or another and you figure wherever you might be, there are likely some armed adults around. I almost always carry concealed when I’m out and around. I look at others; sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes it’s likely. I’ve only seen one person open carry since it was legal here, a guy with a tricked out 1911 in Costco the day it went into effect.

I don't know. No smart man will ever let you know he's armed intentionally unless he's threatened.

Yep. Your average tweeker or methheads don’t look for “printing”. They’re too jacked up, more worried about where they’re gonna get their next hit of dope from.
And the average oblivious citizen don’t know how to look for “printing”.
Go in any 7-11 or local convenience store late night and look around. Most folks are busy talking or texting on their cell phones. Or scratching Lotto tickets. Or counting their change to make sure they’ve got enough money to buy a Tall Boy or a 6 pack. Most go through the day to day in total oblivion and don’t pay attention to schitt.
They’ve either never heard of or haven’t the first clue about situational awareness.

I figure only three types of folks look for printing.
1. LEO 2. Gun folks that carry daily. 3. Serious criminals or Serial Predators that are looking for an easy “victim”.
And I’d bet that at least half of LEO’s don’t look for printing.

I’ve been stopped by either 3 or 4 LEO’s that had no clue I was carrying, until I handed them my LTC or CHL, as they used to be called here. As it is required by law here if they ask for your ID, and you have a gun on you. Most of them said “You got a gun on ya ? 😳. No schitt Sherlock. 😬

Damn 100%around this area

I have seen one side arm in open carry in the last few years.... and have seen 3-4 people printing concealed... other than that... open carried is just not a thing around here...

With that said... I know every house in the area is properly defended with a firearm of some sort.... and most cars have a gun in them....

Talking to cop one day and we got to talking about concealed vs open carry WE agreed the open carrier was a target right off the bat. I asked how many people did he think was carrying now that we went constitutional? he said, and I quote,"This is Arizona. Everybody!" He said that with a very sober look on his face. I'm inclined to believe him.

Saw a guy at Walmart, clean cut decent looking fellow with his wife. He had the nicest looking custom 1911A1 I've ever seen, open carried of course. I stopped tp talk with him a bit and during the conversation said that if a bad guy came into the store and saw you with your gun out in the open, you's be the first one taken out. Bad karma. He saw no gun on me till I lifted up my shirt tail and showed him a Colt Combat Commander. The the B.U.G. came out, an S&W M60. I never thought I'd see him ot his wife again but I did a few months later. He still carries that beautiful 1911A1 but you don't see it. He said he talked to a few people and they agreed with what I'd told him so he made the switch.

PJ

My thoughts as well. And a desirable on the hip makes it more worrisome. The only time somebody needs to know I’m armed is if they need me to shootem.

sleeping partners.

There's less than 10K people in our whole county.

While most households have firearms in them, I'd seriously doubt more than 10 of the population carries on any sort of a regular basis. And this in a county where the Sheriff didn't much see a need for " need to carry" when that was law in this state. You were a "good person" and asked for a permit, he'd likely issue it. Response time might be 45 mins to an hour in some areas.

Don't know if that's change with the SCOTUS ruling. I just figure if I'm around 20 people there's probably 2 of us carrying.

Criminals notwithstanding. I figure them as armed all the time.

And, I'm assuming "armed" by the OP is referring to firearms. There's a lot more arms in the "arsenal" than just the ones that go BANG.

Constitutional carry here in rural Vermont. Most people here have guns at home. Many have a truck gun and a small percentage conceal carry. You don't often see open carry unless there is a gun rights protest. I CC and am always concerned about keeping that well hidden. The last thing I want is for others to know I am carrying.

That is a very interesting statement Mr. Powell... please explain.

Thanks

The last thing I want is for others to know I am carrying.


Exactly........👍

Here in Virginia, (especially downtown Richmond) the idiots actually passed a bill where it is now ILLEGAL to carry within the city limits! ...and they wonder why Richmond, VA is turning into an east coast version of Chicago?!? This came about shortly after Jan 2020 when we all paid a nice visit to the state capitol grounds, and EVERYBODY was openly carrying AR-15's, 9mm's, and I had my 1911 .45 ACP with me as well. It seriously made a point and made Gov Northam schit a brick! LOL...

Henrico, Chesterfield, etc... (i.e. the metro counties surrounding Richmond) have concealed carry but not open carry. I have never seen anyone open carry before. You go way out to the small town around the Blue Ridge Mtns, and stop into a local mom 'n pop store somewhere, and you'll see someone openly carrying a Glock or a .38 special revolver.

Edit: For me personally? How the "F" can you conceal a full frame, heavy steel, 1911 .45 ACP? I have a beautifully comfortable shoulder holster for concealed carry, but (obviously) have to wear a jacket. If I try an IWB holster, it pulls my pants down!

Wife teaches the “senior ladies” Sunday School class at our church. After Sutherland Springs, they started discussing concealed carry in church. More than half her class admitted to CCDW. Extrapolate that out.

Funny what some consider Constitutional Carry.

I wonder if the Over Mountain Men hiked over to North Carolina with just their handguns? And, I wonder if they only let those 21 and older participate?

What Tennessee has is permitless carry, some places, and, it is still a crime to do so . The so called constitutional carry is an exception to the crime in 39-17-1307 (a)(1) just as the enhanced permit is a defense against prosecution, and the concealed carry only permit is an exemption, but the crime of intent to go armed is still on the books, as the Solicitor General of DC rightly pointed out in arguments before SCOTUS this last Fall in the New York State Rifle and Pistol Club v. Bruen case.

You can call Biden a president, but it does not make him one.

At least in Tennessee, State Law preempts, Counties and Cities cannot pass more onerous restrictions that the State has.

You don’t have a need to know!

When I was living in Dixie County Florida, I recall reading the demographics of the state. Dixie County was the poorest county of the state, very sparsely populated, but ranked #1 per capita for Concealed Carry Licenses! And I am willing to bet that there were many more that had firearms on them or in their vehicle, regardless of Concealed Weapons License! LOL

Hmm.... sitting on my front porch I just heard a string of maybe five fairly distant pistol shots, not that unusual, followed by police sirens, which was.

Our police chief has stated that one in twenty parked cars here has a firearm left in it. One in twenty sounds like a reasonable estimate to me, I’m gonna guess one in twenty people on either side of the law.

Armed teenagers? WAG on my part, one in 250?

What kind of man walks around unarmed? A man that can't protect his family or himself from harm. Between man and beast there's no telling what a person might have to deal with on any given day.

Same in Florida.

PS, I started the process of seeking a concealed carry permit immediately after the Sunday morning I was the near victim of an attempted strong arm robbery at the age of 17. Had it by the age of 19, and have not been without the option of carrying concealed since, other than in those areas where it was illegal for any but law enforcement to carry.

I see more carrying in my area .open as well as concealed. Men and ladies. I also carry more often than I used to.

Walkin'' stick, even in Boston.

Regrettably I think very few carry in my area.If # of permits in any indicator its less than 10%...thought we have constitutional carry now, so who knows?

Get a quality holster AND a quality, double layer belt.

Sheep
Sissie
Dumb ass

There are plenty of them out there.

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WAG -armed around here, about 10% in town, 75% away from town.

LOL, I see women walking on the roads out here in the sticks with no one around and think what a fool one would be to mess with them.

Not unusual to hear gunfire around here….particularly when my neighbor gets home from work! Kinda like Robert Duval in Apocalypse Now….. Nothing like hearing the “booms” echoing up and down the river bottom! Hence the name of our place…..Echobluff! 😁 memtb

You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel

O C, S CA, guessing 50% have firearms at home, only 5-10% carry.

We have constitutional carry here in Kentucky. I see a heckuva lot more people carrying "open" than I ever expected to, usually someone with a plastic 9mm of some sort, in a nylon el-cheapo holster. Usually a younger family man, at that. I have no objections to it. I am more discreet than they are. I try not to be a gun snob, either (I just don't like plastic 9mms much), but I loathe nylon as a holster material.

I won't guess percentages, but probably 50% of the folks around here have something in their vehicles, at least, along with whatever they have on their persons, male or female. Before WallyWorld asked people not to carry in their stores, I saw a blonde woman carrying a single-action revolver in a leather holster, which I found amusing.

I would guess a fairly high percentage in my rural PA territory. Don’t see a ton of open carriers on a daily basis for the most part. I personally favor concealed in public, more open when I’m home. I do have a friend or three that likes to open carry a lot. Great to have choices!

Doc_Holidude

In the rural, really rural areas of my county, hardly anybody carries, there is really no threats. Of course, like any rural area, firearm ownership is very high. A few years ago, when the Mex Cartels were growing on Forest Service land, most everyone out in the Ginsengs carried rifles during outings, fishing, hunting, camping, hobby gold mining, mushrooms, woodcutting etc. Now the Mex cartels are gone, the Hmong growers own their own property, they kill each other occasionally but leave us hicks alone. I do know several families that shop in Southern Oregon on a biweekly or monthly basis, and they are armed when they go to the big town. Local meth heads pretty much prey on each other and leave everyone else alone. So, no real reason to carry here. A conversation at the gas station might sound something like, Hi Bill, you got a gun with ya? Mmm, I think so, Flint, lemme look in the truck...whaddya need it for?

In "woods/mountains", I see more people carrying little bells than firearms.

In urban settings, I probably print more than citizens and illegals.

We had preemption laws in Virginia too until 2020 when the state legislature just repealed it to all allow local governments to restrict firearm rights.

I'm guessing the number of Concealed Carry permit holders is far lower than you would think, less than 20%. Far less in most states. The problem is, so many states are legal for constitutional carry, which makes it impossible to know. I am NEVER more than an arms length away from a gun. For the most part if I have my pants on, my gun is in it's holster, even when I'm at church. As far as the number of guns in homes I would guess that it's a pretty high percentage with the exception of Boise proper but even with liberals any more a fairly high percentage even have guns in their home. They just don't think you should have the same constitutional benefits. Of course that's consistent with liberals. In the case of my WAG, I would think that approximately 25% of Idahoans and especially Canyon county residents have access to handguns either on their person or their vehicles.

In my neighborhood, probably 98%.

I don’t know the % but there’s at least 1.

I'm not sure what percentage carry. Most people I know have a weapon in their car or truck! Even the collage administration neighbor, always has a pump shotgun, in his vehicle. My truck one shotgun, and one bolt rifle. We hunt 12 months of the year.

My neighbourhood has had a big increase in vehicle break ins over the summer for that reason I carry even in my house. I never leave home without a pistol,my wife finnily started carrying her S&W MP 9 mm .I have always told her if someone is trying to get in the vehicle shoot them thru the window don't let them get inside.

Same here. In my neighborhood there were a few Biden signs

The definition of CONCEALED is to be out of sight, invisible. I have no idea how many are carrying concealed as I can't see them.

In the old part of Lakewood were I live people don't talk about their gun ownership. Even your neighbor don't talk much about guns even after you know they own at least one. I do believe I'm the only person it my area who reloads ammo and I don't know of anyone that hunts. The people in my area are mostly retired with a number of high paid young “professionals” sprinkled in here and there.

I don't know, that is why I am armed, no one knows that either.

Doesn't matter to me as long as I am armed