This is interesting:
Concealed Carry Laws Increase Gun Crime
In essence, if you carry a gun, you’re more likely to have that gun taken away from you by a criminal (who will then use it to commit other crimes) than you are to use that gun to protect yourself from being robbed.
Boru
Concealed Carry Laws Increase Gun Crime
Quote:A new study finds concealed-carry laws lead to a boost in gun crime by between 29% and 32%, mostly by triggering a surge in gun theft.
The authors say they were unable to directly measure the deterrence effect of increased firearm carry on crime, but any effect, is small compared to the criminogenic effect. Concealed-carry laws, they note, were associated with a large increase in robberies — precisely the crime for which there is meant to be the largest potential for deterrence outside the home.
In essence, if you carry a gun, you’re more likely to have that gun taken away from you by a criminal (who will then use it to commit other crimes) than you are to use that gun to protect yourself from being robbed.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson