Concealed License Holder Age?

What age group do you fall in?

  • under 21

    Votes: 4 2.4%

  • 21-29

    Votes: 28 16.9%

  • 30-39

    Votes: 19 11.4%

  • 40-49

    Votes: 34 20.5%

  • 50-59

    Votes: 40 24.1%

  • 60-69

    Votes: 36 21.7%

  • 70 or over

    Votes: 5 3.0%
  • Total voters
    166
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hoytinak

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I am curious what age group the concealed license holders in this forum fit in?

I'm 32 now and got mine when I was 21. My girlfriend is currently 20 (in the military) and just submitted all the paperwork for hers. :cool:
 
I fall in at 28 years old. I got my CPL about 2 years ago, at 26. When I had a "get back into guns" awakening. Had a little something to do with politics me thinks....
 
beginning with a false premise

No American should be required to be licensed (by who?) to exercise a fundamental right.
 
No American should be required to be licensed (by who?) to exercise a fundamental right.
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That's correct.

I'm 44, but I got my first CCW license when I was 29. That's about the time Arizona became a "shall-issue" state. Before that, I carried openly without a permit, since none was needed (and still isn't in Az, and now a permit isn't needed for CCW, either).

The younger folks probably don't remember the time before the move towards concealed carry. Some probably don't remember the time before the brady law(s), background checks, and other nonsense that has done little or nothing to curb violence.

I still remember when the NRA was a defensive organization, rather than an offensive one. That was my one complaint about them; they'd only respond to proposed legislation to defend our rights, rather than initiating anything to protect them.

What the Klinton years did was wake gun owners up to the possibilities. As anti-gun laws were considered and/or passed, rebuttal laws and legislation were passed as well. As a result, we now have more rights and permissions concerning firearms ownership than we've had in many decades.

Folks would do well to remember the legal battles and maneuvering of the last 20 years concerning gun ownership in the upcoming elections.

Daryl
 
I'm 65, got my CHL in 2004, the legally required 6 mo. after moving to Texas. Lived most of my adult life in the San Francisco area, which explains why it took so long. You couldn't get me back there for a free house on Nob Hill.
 
Im assuming for the purposes of your poll, you're looking for current age. Im now 40, got my first CPL at 21. One of the few things I miss about WA, the origional shall issue state.
 
Recently got mine earlier this year .
ALways had handguns & rifles ,but wanted to be able to carry legally according to the laws. ;)
 
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I got mine as soon as I turned 21 in Florida

It's a lifesaver having one. Here in South Florida, some pimply faced LEO's think a "common pocket knife" ie, no combat hilt, no skull basher, no blood drip guard, smallish, etc. is a crime
 
I got my first license in MA in 1990 (the one that allowed me only to follow a direct path from my house to the gun club and back), and then got a real one when I returned home to WA in 1992.
 
I'm 19, have a CWP. Applied two days after my 18th birthday, got it before I was 18 and 1 month old :D

Dad JUST got his CWP and he's 49.

Just a thought: I know a LOT of locals who aren't actually planning on carrying, but on 18 are getting CWP's for the easier NICS process.
 
Ive had mine for year and a half now... wisconsin(my former state of residence) does not allow concealed carry/nor issue permits for it.
 
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