Approximately 9 million Americans carry loaded handguns monthly
HICRC’s national firearm survey finds that 24% of handgun owners report carrying loaded handguns in the past 30 days. Handgun owners living in “shall issue” states were far more likely to report carrying than gun owners living in “may issue” states. The article “Loaded handgun carrying among US adults, 2015” by Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Deborah Azrael, Vivian Lyons, Joseph Simonetti, and Matthew Miller appears in the American Journal of Public Health, online ahead of print.
