The number of Tennesseans licensed by the state to go armed increased by nearly 51,000 people last year — to 268,711, according to new state statistics.
That's an increase of 23 percent over the 218,004 Tennesseans with handgun-carry permits on Jan. 1, 2009. By comparison, the 2008 increase was 14 percent, according to Tennessee Department of Safety figures.
The report also says that Knox County has the highest concentration of permit holders in the state, followed by Shelby County.
The increase has been attributed to the amount of coverage that the permit program received during the "Guns in Bars" debate. Of course, there was also the hysteria about President Obama and a Democratic Congress taking guns away.
For the record, I don't view this as a bad thing at all. Then again, I'm pretty conservative when it comes to gun rights.
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