TABLE 2—
Prevalence of Past-30-Day Concealed Loaded Handgun Carrying by State Concealed Carry Laws and Concealed Carry Permit Status Among Handgun Owners: National Firearms Survey, United States, 2015
| State Concealed Carry Law | Concealed Carry Permit Holders (n = 507), % (95% CI) | Concealed Carry Permit Nonholders (n = 933), % (95% CI) | Total (n = 1440), % (95% CI)a |
| All states | 49.8 (44.8, 54.9) | 5.0 (3.5, 7.2) | 21.1 (18.7, 23.7) |
| Unrestricted states | 40.9 (19.5, 66.5) | 15.1 (6.0, 33.2) | 21.1 (11.7, 35.1) |
| Shall issue—no discretion states | 55.4 (48.2, 62.3) | 6.4 (3.9, 10.5) | 25.2 (21.5, 29.3) |
| Shall issue—limited discretion states | 46.3 (38.1, 54.7) | 3.4 (1.7, 6.7) | 20.1 (16.2, 24.5) |
| May-issue states | 35.5 (21.7, 52.2) | 1.2 (0.4, 3.8) | 9.1 (5.6, 14.6) |
Note. CI = confidence interval. Percentages are weighted sample proportions.
a
Total excludes 4 respondents who refused to disclose whether they had a concealed carry permit.