The good guys far outnumber the bad guys hence we’re actually better off if everyone is armed.
I wonder what Stephen King thinks about this.
As per Wikipedia, 2017 homicide rates for these states:
Maine: 1.7 per 100,000 people
New Hampshire: 1.0 per 100,000 people
Vermont: 2.2 per 100,000 people (up from 1.6 in 2014 and 1.1 in 2010)
Neighbouring Canadian provinces for 2016:
Nova Scotia: 1.37 per 100,000 people
New Brunswick: 1.45 per 100,000 people
Quebec: 0.8 per 100,000 people
As one can see, not including the upswing in Vermont (quite possibly from Burlington being a sanctuary city), there is very little difference in homicide rates for constitutional carry states versus the immediately neighbouring Canadian provinces that have the stricter gun control laws.
An armed citizenry puts a baseline fear into their dreams of total absolute control
“More Guns, Less Crime”
A corollary: “Fewer Amish, More Safety”
“put Maine kids at risk.”
OOoo, maybe that would be the Somali Moslems you plunked in there.
Been going to the far reaches of northeastern Maine, off an on, for the past few years, mostly to get away from the southern summer heat. That area (2nd Congr. District) actually went for Trump. There’s a lot of folks that open carry here as well, and by the looks of em, they wouldn’t be afraid to use em if need be. The area where we stay is very rural with a very low population density. It’s actually an economically-depressed area. There’s just not a lot of “riffraff” living there since it’s 9 months of some tough brutal winter, which can go weeks and weeks without ever seeing the temps get up over zero....and oh...lots and lots of snow. Also, law enforcement in the area appears to be of the old fashion variety....they don’t appear to put up with a lot of BS.
The lower southern part of the state where the rich libs live....maybe not so much.
Maine was once 100% the way life should be. Since bammy let somalis in, parts of Maine have gone to crap.
Yeah, but the winters.
Nyahnyahnyahnyaaahnyah.
Exactly...
I can’t imagine it not scaring the carp out of folks thinking of committing crime knowing every person in the room may kill you at a moment’s notice if you pull something bad.
It is a deterrent to crime.
Another factor they don’t mention is that Maine is not a very diverse state. 95% white and barely 1% of the most dangerous race.
I wonder what their ranking was before they passed constitutional carry?
We need a federal Constitutional Carry law!
The following states allow Constitutional Carry:
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Idaho
• Kansas
• Maine
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• New Hampshire
• North Dakota
• Oklahoma (Nov. 1, 2019)
• South Dakota
• Vermont
• West Virginia
• Wyoming
Vermont has had Constitutional Carry forever.
Their low Crime Rate is either due to that or the FACT that Vermont is the Whitest State in the Union.
I’m sure Bernie Sanders could figure it out.
Maine is 95% white
It’s never had a crime problem except with imports
As I noted on a local 2A/gun forum on FB, the one word answer to the unasked question is: demographics. The same answer applies to Switzerland, i.e. Switzerland for the Swiss. There are essentially no ethnic/minority populations in Switzerland so they have a very homogeneous population. With a little research, you can find out that removing just 4 major metropolitan areas’ data from the FBI crime data would move the US well down the international list of dangerous places.
I wonder what would happen in Illinois if they adopted the same style laws.
The minority in Maine is “Not French”
It’s too cold for all but the heartiest homeless people and all of the Somalians are in one area. Stay out of Lewiston/Auburn and you are more likely to be killed by a moose than a criminal.