The graphs and tables below allow you to see how the percent of adults with concealed handgun permits are changing in states from 2013 to 2018. On the top right of graph is a toggle that allows you set the graphs for any years from 2013 to 2018 or over a range of years. You can click on individual states to see more detailed information. The color scale is also shown at the top right of each graph.

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Dates that states enacted Constitutional Carry.

Alaska September 9, 2003

Arizona July 29, 2010

Arkansas October 17, 2018

Idaho July 1, 2016

Kansas July 1, 2015

Kentucky June 26, 2019

Maine October 15, 2015

Mississippi for a gun carried in a purse, handbag, satchel, other similar bag July 1, 2015, expanded to included belt and shoulder holsters and sheaths on April 15, 2016

Missouri January 1, 2017

New Hampshire February 22, 2017

North Dakota August 1, 2017

Oklahoma November 1, 2019

South Dakota July 1, 2019

Vermont As long as it has been a state

West Virginia May 24, 2016

Wyoming July 1, 2011

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annual report on number of concealed handgun permits, CPRC original research

By johnrlott

