I can't remember where I saw, heard, or read it but, I seem to recall, with heavy thinking, that it said something around 15 to 20 percent of persons licensed to carry concealed actually do so on a daily basis.
Seems like a major waste of time, money, and frustration to get something that important and not use it.
I did say it is a SWAG We know it's not 1%~ and pretty sure it's not 50%. Just think about all of the women who flocked to CHL courses over the past 5 years or so. It's anecdotal, but my gut tells me a good deal of those ladies leave their AirWeight revolvers and micro pistols at home. My daughter got her license and never carried. Not once. My wife got her's and carried on and off for a year or so, then gave it up because all she felt comfortable with was purse carry which became evident was not a great option. With the fees going down sharply in Sept, and all of the terror we're seeing, I expect we'll see more people get their licenses.
Anyway, it's interesting to contemplate. I always look around and try to figure out who is carrying. Might be the guy looking in the ammo case at WalMart, or the guy who's also looking around trying to spot a bulge. You never know.
So yeah, for me, it appears there are perhaps two "take always". The first is, there are still not many of us'ins packin' heat in a general population sampling (apparently) and secondly, just because someone goes to the time, trouble and expense, doesn't mean they'll really exercise their Second Amendment right.
http://crimeresearch.org/2016/07/ne...ear-saw-largest-increase-ever-number-permits/
1,150,754 out of ~18 million adults, so a bit more than 1:16 adults are carrying. Spread is reported in the chron article below, linked to the second site with a mapping of public data (licensees per county).
http://www.chron.com/houston/article/The-Texas-counties-with-the-most-gun-licenses-per-7464669.php
https://public.tableau.com/views/Te...:loadOrderID=0&:display_count=yes&:showTabs=y
I still believe the percentages to be closer to 3-4% at best...