Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Problems with discretion: Few Concealed Handgun Permits Given to Hispanics, Blacks, or Women in Los Angeles County

Problems with discretion: Few Concealed Handgun Permits Given to Hispanics, Blacks, or Women in Los Angeles County

July 11, 2017 Blacks , or Women in Los Angeles County 0 Comments


By Crime Research, July 08, 2017

In 2013, LA Weekly obtained a list of the 341 concealed carry permit holders in Los Angeles County, California.  That is only about 0.0045% of the 7.7 million adults living in the county in 2013.  As of January this year, there were only 226 permits.  By contrast, today over 6.5% of the adult population in the US has permits.  LA Weekly pointed out that the people given permits were judges, reserve deputy sheriffs, and a small group who gave campaign contributions or gifts to then-Sheriff Lee Baca.  Something that LA Weekly didn’t do was look at the list to determine the race of those lucky few getting permits.  In Los Angeles County in 2013, about 48.1% of the people living there were Hispanic, and 9% were black.
 
 
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