Reporter Highlights Conceal-Carry Permit Holders
South Dakota ranks second in the U.S. when it comes to the percentage of adults with permits to carry concealed firearms.
According to the latest statistics from the Crime Prevention Research Center, South Dakota is second to Alabama in the U.S. when it comes to states with the highest percentage of adults with permits to carry concealed firearms. That ranking framed a Sunday front-page story in Gannett’s Argus Leader by Mark Walker, a watchdog reporter covering law and justice.
Walker surmises that the prevalence of this particular South Dakota permit has a lot to do with the price:
Just about anyone over 18 qualifies as long as they aren’t a convicted felon, mentally incompetent or a habitual abuse of drugs or alcohol.
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