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The numbers game of population statistics isn't particularly compelling for these reasons. Moore was limited to the State of Illinois, the only state in the nation that banned concealed carry. In the Ninth, only California and Hawaii have "may issue" laws, the rest of the states being shall issue and/or unlicensed carry. Further, there is now pending another case, argued the same day as Peruta, concerning Hawaii's law; therefore, other than its legal theoretical basis, Peruta will have no impact except on other "may issue" jurisdictions, of which there are ever fewer. (Actually, I've lost track of that statistic. Most are on the eastern seaboard.) So a better number would be the population of those states that have "may issue" licensing schemes.
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