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Perhaps you are overly reading into sensational headlines. Statistically Conceal and Carry permit holders are the safest subset of people in America. You would be more likely to be harmed by a police officer or a teacher than a CC holder who is packing.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3233904
There is no world where more guns make things safer, you're cooked if you think otherwise. That statistic is wrong and maybe you mean it amongst other people with guns? But there are plenty of subsets of people who don't use guns that are statistically much safer than conceal carry and why are we just limiting it to America? Like we can't see something working in another country and adopt it? Put down your pride for the greater good and let's all be a little more chill.
_There is no world where more guns make things safer, you're cooked if you think otherwise. That statistic is wrong and maybe you mean it amongst other people with guns?
Interesting emotional take on an article. Did you even read it? Because they outlined the populations that they compared CC holders to.
But there are plenty of subsets of people who don't use guns that are statistically much safer than conceal carry and why are we just limiting it to America?
Those non CC holder subsets were included in the study. It would be interesting to see the results of an international study comparing CC holders with other countries.
Like we can't see something working in another country and adopt it? Put down your pride for the greater good and let's all be a little more chill.
You may not want to exercise your rights. But that doesn’t mean that others believe the same way. I’ll stick with a scientific study over your emotions.
Who's to say that if you took the guns out of those same towns they wouldn't be even safer? You have guns cause you like guns stop hiding behind this it makes places safer nonsense. Stats can be manipulated.