Kimberly Morin writes that the news seems to only ever get bad for gun grabbers, especially since astroturfing organizations like Moms Demand and Everytown for Gun Safety have been pushing hard for more gun control.

Apparently, despite the left’s push to make everyone believe guns are scary, more people than ever are getting concealed carry permits. And ZOMG, a large number of those people are *gasp* women.

Story. Each year, John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center (the best firearms research you’ll find anywhere in the world) calculates the number of concealed carry permits issued in a year. Unfortunately for gun grabbers, the number keeps growing. From Fox News:

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The number of concealed carry permits in the United States has topped 15 million over the last year, according to data collected by the Crime Prevention Research Center. That’s the largest one-year increase ever in the number of permits issued, according to the research center. In July 2016, the center reported that 14.5 million people had concealed handgun permits. As of May of this year, the number is already 15.7 million.

Women. What’s truly amazing is that, as we’ve reported before, the number of women who are deciding to protect themselves using firearms is continuing to increase with no chance of slowing down:

“I think you’re continuing to see a change in the composition of people who go and get permits,” Lott said. “Women are growing at a much faster rate than men.” Between 2012 and 2016, Lott said, the growth rate for women was twice as much as it was for men. He also said minorities are purchasing handguns at a higher rate compared to previous years.

Why this matters? This matters because it shows just how out of touch the left is when it comes to the 2nd Amendment and firearms, especially with women. There are many Democrats who actually support the 2nd Amendment (yes, it’s really true). Also interesting to remember is that there are more and more states passing Constitutional Carry laws, under which permission from the government to concealed carry is no longer required. Check out the map below:

Self-defense isn’t a partisan issue, but Democrats continue to make it one every time the try to infringe upon the rights of law-abiding citizens. This has hurt them in some elections, both nationally and locally, as it should.

Firearms have done more for women’s equality than feminism could ever dream of doing.





