An armed society is a polite society.
One real reason that crime might drop is that if a criminal picks on someone with a concealed carry, they might end up dead.
Thus one less criminal to commit crimes... Also his friends might be timid about committing crimes...
..’the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed....”
“Six states don’t require a permit for legal gun owners to conceal their weapons” - anyone know which 6?
(OFF TOPIC ... watching full reruns of Hawaii 5O (classic), in season 12 (last season) about episode 5 McGarret does a rant show on gun control...bad guy kills good guy, same gun later little brother uses it to shoot little sister, then bad guy accidentally shoots girlfriend ... and in the end of the show a 5 minute rant stating “That nonsense about Guns don’t kill people, people do ... is nothing but that ...nonsense! And if the guns were off the streets none of this would be happening.” I couldn’t believe my ears! I’ve loved the series, but turned it off right there. No wonder that was Jack Lord’s last season. What a disappointment.)
I get annoyed whenever these articles state that all 50 state now issue carry permits. There are several “may issue” states which in practice do not issue permits: NJ is notorious, and MD is about the same. MA has been getting more restrictive, and NY apparently depends on which county one lives in.
NJ has a pretense of issuing permits, but in practice does NOT.
CT is also a “may issue” state, but they actually DO issue permits, though the procedure is somewhat complicated and time consuming, and requires three checks to different agencies. But if one persists, and has no criminal record, the permit finally comes through.
More guns = Less Death Ping!
Imagine for just a second the United Nations passed a worldwide resolution proclaiming that people worldwide could not punch back if they were punched in the nose. An action should be met with a proportional consequence, but the United Nations wants to stop this and have everyone put their hands up. That would be crazy, not to mention immoral and unethical. People the world over would say they are not complying with such a resolution, and justifiably so as self-defense is a basic human right. But that is precisely what is happening when guns are not allowed in the hands of law-abiding citizens!