2015 LTCFs by County and Firearm Transfer Metrics

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Attached hereto find statistics for LTCF issuance and firearm transfers for 2015 consisting of:

• LTCFs by County (Alphabetical)
• LTCFs by County Rank (% high to low)
• Handgun Transfers (2003-15) [graphic]
• Long-gun Transfers (2003-15) [graphic]
• LTCFs issued (2003-15) [graphic]

Note that LTCF statistics are not adjusted for revocations, deaths or issuance to out-of-state residents due to lack of any available records.
LTCF issued data from the Pennsylvania State Police published documents. Population data from estimates provided by the US Census Bureau.

Some interesting factoids -

.............Total LTCFs issued Statewide in 2015: 237,344

.............Total Statewide Active LTCFs: 1,139,499


Trends comparing 2015 to 2014:
.............LTCF issuance: +8.0% [+17,562]
.............Long Gun Transfers: +3.9% [+12,457]
.............Handgun Transfers: +19.0% [+67,208]