The march of CCW...

Fascinating post on the inexorable (thus far) march of the Right to Carry movement in America over at Weaponsman, complete with charts and graphs and color 8x10 glossies with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back...

1. For the first time since our 1986 data horizon, May Issue declined, but it was because May Issue states are increasingly adopting unrestricted Constitutional carry.


2. No state has gone from Shall Issue to one of the two more restrictive categories in these 31 years.


3. The only state that went from Ban to May Issue (Tennessee) proceeded to Shall Issue within 5 years.


4. At least three states (Mississippi, Alaska and Arizona) went from outright ban to Permitless carry in two stages, first going Shall Issue.