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Philadelphia: Fatal Self-Defense Shootings Soar as Concealed Carry Applications Rise
breitbart.com ^ | 6/20/2022 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 06/20/2022 11:07:25 AM PDT by rktman

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that justifiable homicides are rising in Philadelphia as concealed carries surge in the city.

The Inquirer lists three recent incidents in which individuals legally carrying concealed firearms shot and killed their assailants.

The paper then noted, “These sorts of deadly clashes in which the intended victims survive and assailants die are rare in Philadelphia, but are becoming more common as a growing number of people have legally armed themselves amid rising numbers of carjackings, shootings and homicides.”

The Inquirer observes that “justified homicides jumped 67 percent from 2020 to 2021.” And 2022 is on pace to surpass the number of justifiable homicides witnessed last year.

Philadelphia’s deputy police commissioner Benjamin Naish said, “We have seen an increase in the number of people that have been applying for and receiving a permit to carry. I think that they are concerned about their safety, and they’re carrying it legally, which is the big difference.”

On June 18, 2022, Breitbart News highlighted a CBS Philly report showing the highest annual number of concealed carry permit applications the city received between 2017 and 2020 was 11,814.

In 2021, the number of concealed carry permits skyrocketed to 70,790.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; ccw; kaba; killadelphia; philadelphia; thugsgonnathug
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To: EEGator

Only people that get “harassed”
are white liberals.
We have way too many here.
That is THE problem.
Full disclosure- Polish- Scottish mix
and my parents were married,


61 posted on 06/20/2022 12:33:10 PM PDT by rellic
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To: rktman

Well, the good news for Democrats is the deceased perps will continue to vote for decades to come.


62 posted on 06/20/2022 12:35:19 PM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: Roadrunner383

😊🙌


63 posted on 06/20/2022 12:38:50 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: exnavy

In Arizona no permit is required to carry openly or concealed. But you do have to go through an NCIC check before purchase.


64 posted on 06/20/2022 12:39:09 PM PDT by NY Attitude (Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
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To: JJBookman

Or...
The 2A, saving taxpayers.


65 posted on 06/20/2022 12:40:31 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: rktman

Crime will definitely come down if enough legal carriers get involved.


66 posted on 06/20/2022 12:59:46 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: rktman

People need the ability to defend themselves more than ever. Lazy ass and corrupt cops in Philadelphia are nearly always the last to the scene of a crime. The Soros backed DA has created a revolving door for criminals. All of this is a real shame for victims of crime that defend themselves. It is a long and costly to defend yourself from the criminal injustice system. They have no idea who the good guys are.


67 posted on 06/20/2022 1:00:33 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: rktman
The Inquirer observes that “justified homicides jumped 67 percent from 2020 to 2021.” And 2022 is on pace to surpass the number of justifiable homicides witnessed last year.

Excellent news!!!

68 posted on 06/20/2022 1:02:00 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NY Attitude

Hmmmm. A quandary. In NevaDUH one can open carry but permit for concealed. With a permit no NICS required. Puts and takes I suppose. Course if you want to “transfer” a firearm folks are supposed to go to a dealer to do that. Dumbassery at work.


69 posted on 06/20/2022 1:05:33 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

[[I predict violent crime will drop drastically in the near future.]]

The number of self-defense shootings would need to rise to 10 times current levels.

In 2019, the black community experienced 4,078 murders (a large percentage of which were criminal-on-criminal). This high rate of killing has not been a deterrent to people deciding to enter the criminal profession.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-43

I suspect the self-defense homicides would need to rise to about 3,000 per year before the robbers, rapists, carjackers, etc decided that their risk level had materially increased.


70 posted on 06/20/2022 1:10:07 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: rktman

When I lived in Pennsylvania and in Long Island, NY I needed a permit to carry. The permit for PA want valid throughout the Commonwealth but the one issues in Long Island was not good in NYC. Go figure.


71 posted on 06/20/2022 1:17:39 PM PDT by NY Attitude (Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
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To: rellic

VT, NH, and ME are all Constitutional Carry states and whiter than white.

Not much violent crime here yet either.


72 posted on 06/20/2022 1:51:18 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: rktman

If they keep that up, they’ll eventually see an unexpected drop in crime.

And the Soros DA will have less to do.


73 posted on 06/20/2022 2:00:36 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: rellic

My buddy is white, but he’s lived there for over a decade and taught school, now Principal.
So he knows many locals and most are kind.


74 posted on 06/20/2022 2:01:04 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: frogjerk

If I have to ask for and be granted permission from Government to exercise a “right”, it isn’t really a right. They’re just letting me pretend I have the “right” while it’s playtime.


75 posted on 06/20/2022 2:12:15 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: lurk

Hmmmm. Less than zero is————


76 posted on 06/20/2022 2:27:28 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman

Gee, they say it like it is a bad thing….


77 posted on 06/20/2022 4:41:06 PM PDT by jdsteel (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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To: lightman

Good news.


78 posted on 06/21/2022 8:48:25 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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