The population of Florida is an estimated 18,000,000 as of January 1st. The concealed carry goal is for 1 out of every 20 ADULT residents, so bear that in mind as you look at the chart which features all people, be they minors or enfeebled seniors. The total number of Concealed Weapon Permits is almost impossible to determine, as Florida has different subsections that are not included in the regular CWP figures. Private Investigators have their own version of the CWP, southern Florida in particular is bursting at the seams with them, and they would not show up on any such chart. It has been estimated that approximately 3.8% of the total population is packing one way or the other.
3 million seniors over the age of 65
4 million children under 18
Permanently disenfranchised felons: 850,000
Adults and minors categorized as requiring assisted living: 82,000
Estimate illegal aliens, or aliens otherwise unqualified to obtain a CWP: 76,000
Therefore, 8 million Floridians are incapable of, or not likely to possess a CWP. The 684,000 permits is about 6.8% of the hardcore adult population, and I won't even get into the female side of the equation, that by all accounts carries along the lines of less than 1/10 of the male population. Suffice to say that close to 14% of qualified adult males are packing.
Now that I've bored you all to tears with the numbers, I'll end on the note that we'd like it to be 20%, or for you liberals who've mistakenly stumbled in and are too horrified to do the math, 1 out of every 5 men. Since 2 out of 5 are registered democrats we'll never pitch a shutout, and the remaining 1 out of every 5 are minorities who by all nationwide statistics have or will soon have domestic violence cases pending, we'll have to settle for 20% now won't we.
Just kidding about the domestic violence. Women do it too, ya know.
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