Title: Packing Heat On Your Street

Publication Date: September 2011

What does it say?

This report profiles 13 concealed-carry permit holders who have committed murder over the past two years. It highlights the public safety risk to Americans in forcing states to honor out-of-state concealed carry permits as the proposed National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011, H.R. 822, would do.

Ten of the killers identified in this report have been convicted. Three of the concealed carry killers await trial onmurder charges, including the notorious Tucson shooter, Jared Lee Loughner. Also featured are Paul Michael Merhige, who allegedly killed four family members on Thanksgiving in 2009, and Marqus Hill, who had had his license revoked but got it back and allegedly shot a man 13 times, killing him.

How can I use it?

Use this report to educate elected officials, the media, and the public that people with permits to carry loaded concealed guns in public commit horrific violent crimes. 

Citation

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, "Packing Heat On Your Street," September 2011.  The Brady Campaign acknowledges the research of the Violence Policy Center: Concealed Carry Killers.