Well.. here's another expected result of the crazy world we live in.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103711.html
Apparently, the number of people who obtained a concealed carry permit jumped 60% from 2006 to 2007. The experts believe the Virginia Tech Massacre is the main cause.
Here's the shocking part.... the Ultra-Liberal Washington Post, actually allowed this statement to be placed into one of their articles: "Both gun-control activists and members of law enforcement noted that those people who take the time to get a permit are largely law-abiding and unlikely to commit a crime." This is an amazing concession from the mostly Anti-2nd Washington Post is declaring that even law enforcement state that people who are licensed to carry guns are not, nor are ever likely to become criminals.
"Gun stores report increased sales and increased participation in training classes. Completing a firearms safety class as well as a background check are prerequisites for obtaining a concealed weapons permit in Virginia. Permits are issued by the state's circuit courts and are good for five years, but they can be renewed if there is no good cause to refuse the renewal.
The number of people approved to carry concealed weapons in Virginia has gone up and down in recent years. In 2002, a year after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the number of permits granted went up almost 100 percent, from about 15,000 to more than 30,000. But the annual number soon drifted down into the 20,000s until 2007, when it shot up to 43,927. The rise was first reported yesterday in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper.
State police said that more than 152,000 people currently hold valid concealed-carry permits. In addition to concealed carrying, openly carrying a weapon is legal in Virginia and is done regularly by gun rights activists. "
