Cheers Yankee (from another one); I am somewhat confused by conn's ccw rules tho, I keep reading it is technically a may issue state but de facto 'shall issue' in that about anyone can get a ccw/rtc permit if they want it, a firearms test all that is essentially required, the permit as well & bg check. (I prefer the may issue standard for carrying concealed firearms, demonstrated need).
Thought I'd toss this in as well. Right now there are 9 states which are recognized as guncontrol states (this ties in with how often cities in those states keep getting mentioned as crime ridden guncontrol hellholes by the gunnuts, such as chicago, dc, also known as 'liberal city bashing' - detroit/flint gives them fits since they enabled shall issue!).
Those 9 guncontrol states are below, & I think colorado might now qualify as one to be added, tho it allows shall issue ccw.
My point is, that if we consider colorado we have ten solid progressive guncontrol states (plus DC which is included so as not to exclude a half million people from national totals), we'd have 10 states of the 50, for 20% of the states. However, when we look at population of those 10 states we get roughly 103 million people, which is essentially 33% of the national population of 309 million people (2010 census).
gun control states: Colorado 5.1 million, maryland 5.8, ny 19.4, cn 3.6, calif 37.4, illinois 12.9, mass 6.6, nj 8.8, hawaii 1.4, RI 1.0, DC 0.6. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Census10/HouseAndElectors.phtml
Ha, new jersey has 8.8 million, mass 6.6, didn't realize nj had more people than massachusetts.
Erk, point is that, at 33%, guncontrol states are overrepresented by population, from their 20% percentage of states.
Were we to toss in 'neutralish' states which don't abide with redstate guns galore mentality like alaska arizona utah etc, guncontrol would get near 50% population percent I'm sure.
As a gunowner you might not give a whit, but as a former gun owner I just thought I would!
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