Importantly, we are talking permits and not applications.
The number of Washington D.C. concealed carry permit holders skyrocketed over 1440 percent since the District lost a key legal battle. Its previous restrictive gun permitting process at the was challenged and overturned at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year.
The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that 1,896 concealed carry permits were issued by MPD for the calendar year 2018 (to date).
MPD noted that several hundred approvals came from applications submitted in late 2017.
Prior the court ruling only 123 people had active D.C. concealed carry permits and MPD previously denied CCP applicants and MPD denied 77 percent of applicants for not providing a “good reason” to carry.
Meanwhile, House Democrats announced last week their caucus will aggressively push for more gun control measures in the new Congress.