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Very few of those who would be carrying everywhere would have the kind of training needed to be effective at stopping crime, even if they were to be around it.
by s73ver_ 9y ago
Very few of those who would be carrying everywhere would have the kind of training needed to be effective at stopping crime, even if they were to be around it.
- madengr 9y agoThat’s irrelevant, since carrying a firearm is about protecting yourself and family, not others.
- qaq 9y agoIt would be hard to come up with numbers to back or disprove your statement.
- madengr 9y agoRead “The Armed Citizen” columns. Lots of evidence.
- RubberSoul 9y agoThere is some research showing self-defensive gun use is not associated with a lower risk of victim injury during a crime [0]. If training levels were generally high, I'd expect people who use guns in self-defense to be more successful in preventing injury. [0]: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743515001188 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743515...