How does a concealed gun make a perp think anything? It's concealed.
He thinks "Oh $#!+, I just made a big mistake!!!!" when he suddenly finds himself looking down the barrel of a ".45". The last thing to pass through his mind is frequently a little pice of copper jacketed lead. It tends to reduce recidivism. I thought you were smarter than this, wonk. Did you accidentally leave you account open in the presence of a bunch of complete morons?
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As I said, "just the possibility that they're around " is key. Crime plummetted in FL a couple years ago after concealed-carry got easier. The perps didn't see any more weapons. They just knew that the good people of FL had applied and received the permits in droves.
From your #12: I can't think of anything to say to describe those many people out there I don't want to see carrying a gun,
Was it easy for Dianne Feinstein to take over your brain? ;-)
Because in a state where conceal carry is permitted, a criminal JUST DOESN'T KNOW if that attractive young lady either
On the other hand -- if he knows there is no legal conceal carry, then he knows she
Thusly, doubt is raised in criminal minds when conceal carry is permitted.
It's a suprise! The perp will either give up, or be killed to end his acts of mayhem. It's really simple. There's no need to anylize it any further. If there was then the "official authorities", that have prevented citizens from defending themselves, would not do it.