Posted on 10/28/2024 9:58:54 AM PDT by rktman
In the weeks and months before Louisiana's Constitutional Carry law took effect on July 4th, critics proclaimed the new law would wreak havoc on the state; particularly in New Orleans, where officials tried to turn most of the French Quarter and downtown business district into a semi-gun-free zone where concealed carry licenses would still be required for folks to lawfully carry.
Those plans haven't panned out, and for now, visitors and residents are still free to carry a concealed firearm without a state-issued permit, so long as they're legally allowed to own one. So has the new law led to anarchy in the Crescent City?
Not according to the city's crime stats.
(Excerpt) Read more at bearingarms.com ...
hmmm. more guns less crime...
who’d a thunk it.
I know. Like an alternate universe or something. :>)
When regular citizens are armed with concealed pistols every attempt at armed robbery becomes a potential death sentence for the perpetrator. The cute little woman with the fancy purse just might shoot you dead. Criminals prey on the weak when they think they can get easily away with it and the increased chances of things going sideways with an armed victim deters them. An armed society is a polite society.
Google, More Guns, Less Crime by Dr. John Lott
Raise the chances that the criminal will not get away with it and suddenly crime will drop.
Yeah there are a few lunatics that will still try but even there when it becomes "try it once, take a dirt nap" rather then "do it 40 or 50 times and we will have to consider doing something" the numbers naturally go down.
Violent crime is not a natural need where if you remove one another will naturally fill the void. Violent crime is an aberration where if you remove the people committing it, it goes away.
STUPID liberal feel good gun free zones is and invite to the criminally armed. If they know you may be packin they are not going to take a chance. wow what a lesson to the stupid
Many by ears ago.
“YEARS AGO”. Doh!
The problem with n’Oleans is MardiGras. Thousands of drunkards wanting to shoot into the air — even when balconies overhang the streets.
I could see banning guns during the party. Some copper is gonna get shot.
Uh, been there done that. The assclowns will still have their weapons regardless of restrictions.
The second amendment covers that. And anyone who can't be trusted to be armed should not be running around loose.
Yeah, I understand.
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