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Reply #20: So it's about how you 'feel', not whether or not you actually are safe? [View All]

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X_Digger

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Thu Jan-07-10 11:19 PM
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20. So it's about how you 'feel', not whether or not you actually are safe?

We've had an increase of guns and a decrease in crime since the peak in the early 90's.

While I would never say that more guns = less crime, it's easy enough to show that more guns = more crime is demonstrably false.

Starting with Florida in '87, a modern flood of states have passed 'shall issue' concealed carry laws- 40 states now have it. And crime has continued to go down (maybe because of, maybe in spite of, more likely independently of).

Other than how you 'feel', have any indication that concealed carry actually makes you less safe?

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