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With CCW, Florida's Homicide Decreases While National Average Soars

                     Homicide Rates Per 100,000 Pop.



       AREA                1987*               1992                % CHANGE



       Florida             11.4                9.0                 -21%

       U.S.                8.3                 9.3                 +12%



Source: U.S. Department of Justice, F.B.I. Uniform Crime Reports

* Florida adopted CCW in 1987.





                  CCW Permits in Florida Issuance Rates



Population                                           13,277,000



% of Floridians                                      All - 62.7%

Who Own Guns                                         Male - 68.8%

                                                     Female - 57.3%



# of Floridians                                      8,325,000

Who Own Guns



# of Permit Applications                             239,411



Permits Issued                                       227,569



Permits Revoked Due To                               18 (0.008%)

Crime With Firearm Present





During the 6-1/2 year period from 10/01/87 (start-up date) through

05/31/94, 227,569 CCW permits have been issued -- 69% new permits;

31% permit renewals.  Less than one-quarter of 1% of permit

applications have been rejected due to an applicant's criminal

history; less than two-tenths of 1% have been rejected due to an

"incomplete application."  Two hundred permits (less than one-tenth

of 1%) have been revoked because a permit holder committed some

kind of a crime, though not necessarily a gun-related or violent

crime. Only 18 (less than 0.008%) permits have been revoked because

a permit holder committed a crime (not necessarily violent) in

which a firearm was present, though not necessarily used.



By contrast, the FBI reports that each year there are about 46,000

gun-related violent crimes (assaults, robberies, homicides and

rapes) in Florida.



Florida CCW Permit Source: Florida Department of State

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