mjester93
Member
Good afternoon, all
I've gotten some data from the New Jersey State Police about permits to carry handguns, and I thought I'd share it with you.
While they do not keep track of how many are "active" at any given time, they report how many are issued. Since these permits are valid for 2 years, we can estimate how many are active at the end of each year.
YEAR ISS ACTIVE
2017 ??? ???
2016 468 1,141
2015 673 1,169
2014 496 ???
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that are 6,567,970 people aged 21 or over in N.J as of 2016, so that means 0.02% of the eligible population has a permit to carry.
The percent is lower, in actuality, because it does not count resident-only permits, nor permits that were suspended or revoked.
For comparison, here are the LEOSA permits issued in New Jersey:
YEAR ISSUED
2016 10,176
2015 9,572
I've gotten some data from the New Jersey State Police about permits to carry handguns, and I thought I'd share it with you.
While they do not keep track of how many are "active" at any given time, they report how many are issued. Since these permits are valid for 2 years, we can estimate how many are active at the end of each year.
YEAR ISS ACTIVE
2017 ??? ???
2016 468 1,141
2015 673 1,169
2014 496 ???
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that are 6,567,970 people aged 21 or over in N.J as of 2016, so that means 0.02% of the eligible population has a permit to carry.
The percent is lower, in actuality, because it does not count resident-only permits, nor permits that were suspended or revoked.
For comparison, here are the LEOSA permits issued in New Jersey:
YEAR ISSUED
2016 10,176
2015 9,572
