[BeerHunter]

I see numbers going up from the last report I checked. Dade is now over 200K.

https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/7502/file/cw_active.pdf

I'm in Highlands and doing the math we have right at 15% of the population licensed.

In 2010, Florida had a population of 18.85 million and that same year, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS) had issued 729,222 Florida Concealed Weapon or Firearms Licenses (FCWFLs) or ~ 3.9% of the total population of Florida in 2010. So now in 2022 with ~2.6 million active FCWFLs issued and with the projected 2022 population of Florida being just over 22 million, the 2,547,222 active FWCFLs so far in 2022, represents an increase in ~12 years to a rate of ~11.8% of the population of Florida licensed to carry concealed firearms! However, remember that Florida does not distinguish or even issue "Non-Resident" permits [only resident and non-resident privileges]. So those estimates likely overestimate the percentage of the population of Florida that [legally] carry a concealed firearm (remember, criminals don't need no stinkin' permit). This the percentage over-estimates is because lots of out-of-state residents have a FCWFL, which was the boat I was in when I was still living and working as a resident of the DPRofMD! Regardless, the fact that the number of FCWFL issued by DOACS compared the population of Florida HAS ALMOST TRIPLED in 12 years is a wonderful trend in the right direction of FREEDOM!

 

[BeerHunter]

I would NEVER answer such questions over the phone!

 

[BeerHunter]

Population would include those under 21 who can't get a concealed permit yet, right?
If only 21 and over were tabulated as eligible population the % with carry permits would be higher.

ETA: for example Miami-Dade County has about 18% population under age 18:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/f...untyflorida,volusiacountyflorida,US/PST045221

201,748 carry permits
Population of 553,543 is a lot more than 12% of over 21 adults with carry permits.

One can cook statistics anyway they want, but the ratios I used provided an apples to apples comparison between 2010 and 2022 with easily available data of state-wide permits issued each year and total state population each year. You, on the other hand, are using a population "UNDER age 18" in one county and that one county's number of permits issued to conclude "a lot more than 12% of over 21 adults (in that county) with carry permits." However, that doesn't provide a clear path to your "conclusion." How many permit holders moved from out of state to that county? How many moved to a different county between 2010 and 2022? My number to provide any insight on any of that either, and really doesn't matter except to maybe show trends over a number of years.

 

[BeerHunter]

I guess that the 2nd amendment does not exist in that state dimocrap's rule .

However, things MAY be changing somewhat in light of the recent SCOTUS Bruen decision (see this very recent article from Navy Times and an excerpt quoted below:

Honolulu must return Santucci’s firearms and complete the registration of the weapons, U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson’s order issued Wednesday said.

“The City is evaluating the decision and its impact on our processes,” Honolulu Corporation Counsel Dana Viola said in a statement Friday.

Kevin O’Grady, one of Santucci’s lawyers, said the case was “illustrative of Hawaii’s strong opposition to anything that approaches the free exercise of the Second Amendment.”

The lawsuit was filed before a U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights across the nation forced Hawaii to begin issuing concealed carry permits. Previously, those permits had been practically impossible to obtain.

We shall see where this goes.