Most states now have some form of ccw permits. I believe Florida was the 1st. The anti’s said there would be blood in the streets, OK Corral, bodies stacked like cordwood........... They repeated this dribble every time another state voted to allow ccws. They trot this trype out on every gun control issue and the MSM repeats it every time just as if it were new.
But, yes, you are correct that every time a state went to Shall issue the left predicted a blood bath and it hasn't happened yet, in fact the states with the most lenient gun laws usually have the lowest crime rates.
I was living in Hattiesburg MS when they were considering a law to make open carry legal. The media were constantly referring to it as taking us back to the Wild West.
They ignored the fact that other states had passed similar legislation without everyone turning into a gunfighter.
I also remember a local TV station having a Hattiesburg policeman on regarding “assault rifles”. This idiot said that they could not be used for hunting as they were so powerful that there would be nothing left if you hit a deer with one.
Asking for honesty, accuracy, or integrity from the anti gun crowd is basically asking too much.
Florida wasn’t first by any means. It just made the most noise when they changed the laws, first to allow anyone to legally keep a loaded gun in his car, then to issue carry permits, then to issue non resident carry permits.