What if you relax your formulation from "shoot a gun" to "carry a gun"? My day to day life is very much influenced by many people carring guns in a way that de

What if you relax your formulation from "shoot a gun" to "carry a gun"? My day to day life is very much influenced by many people carring guns in a way that deters criminals without their having to fire a shot, and this was true long before my state allowed civilian concealed carry and I started carrying in it. In one of its most famous formulations, "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."