400 percent increase in permits issued in 2009 in at least one North Carolina County

From WECT in Wilmington, NC.

On average, about 240 people apply each year for a permit. In 2009, over 1,000 people got a applied for and received their concealed carry permit. . . .

"We don't have a problem of people going through all the time and expense of the permit process, then going out and robbing a bank or assaulting someone," said Wright. "It's usually the other way around." . . .