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Gun Control & RKBA

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts) Sun Mar 19, 2017, 04:27 PM Mar 2017

Link: http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-gun-permit-increase-connecticut-0320-20170319-story.html

The CT State Police issued 30,000 new gun permits in 2016, compared to 13,000 in 2015.

Is this that mythical "tipping point" the gun control extremists keep promising?

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K&R discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #1

Meaning 30,000 possible gun incidents? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #2

Ooooooooooooooooooooookay. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #9

I have absolutely no problem with the public expression of religious sentiments friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #11

I have no problem with people believing whatever, as long as they do not guillaumeb Mar 2017 #12

"YMMV" - "Your mileage may vary": friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #13

Thank you. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #14

So you failed to pick up on what most find obvious. pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #17

Apparently you find a connection. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #19

Any honest person with a functioning brain does. NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #21

I'm one of them. krispos42 Mar 2017 #3

This is in reference to concealed carry, or no? pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #4

I had the same question discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #5

CT residents need a permit to buy a firearm or ammo Lurks Often Mar 2017 #6

I'm a NY resident ... Straw Man Mar 2017 #7

Federal and the applicable state laws still apply Lurks Often Mar 2017 #18

Thanks LO! NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #16

Yes, it is. From the original source: "State pistol permits spiked in 2016" friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #10

Get that, FI....... pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #15

Not the "tipping point" they're after, I believe, (haha), yagotme Mar 2017 #20