I wasn't talking about people who used concealed carry.
The OP is pretty specific to concealed carry and not domain protection.
Anyways, this study (http://www.saf.org/lawreviews/smitht1.htm) talks about numerous studies on the subject.
The studies that you site have a 300% variance and they are based on random samplings surveys from people that are trying to rationalize the gun self-defense use. Hardly credible. There are no crime or law enforcement statistics in this.
However there are a few studies that point to concealed carries being less likely to commit crimes (http://concealedguns.procon.org/sourcefiles/sturdevant.pdf)(skip to page 27 for results).
Yes. These people that used to get arrested for gun crimes because they were illegally carrying concealed weapons are no longer being arrested because what was previously a crime is now legal. This isn’t a case crime reduction. It’s an elimination of enforcement.
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Date: 30/5/13 22:46 (UTC)I wasn't talking about people who used concealed carry.
The OP is pretty specific to concealed carry and not domain protection.
Anyways, this study (http://www.saf.org/lawreviews/smitht1.htm) talks about numerous studies on the subject.
The studies that you site have a 300% variance and they are based on random samplings surveys from people that are trying to rationalize the gun self-defense use. Hardly credible. There are no crime or law enforcement statistics in this.
However there are a few studies that point to concealed carries being less likely to commit crimes (http://concealedguns.procon.org/sourcefiles/sturdevant.pdf)(skip to page 27 for results).
Yes. These people that used to get arrested for gun crimes because they were illegally carrying concealed weapons are no longer being arrested because what was previously a crime is now legal. This isn’t a case crime reduction. It’s an elimination of enforcement.