> carrying for self defense makes you drastically less safe by most metrics You're probably referencing studies such as Investigating the Link Between Gun Poss

> carrying for self defense makes you drastically less safe by most metrics You're probably referencing studies such as Investigating the Link Between Gun Possession and Gun Assault[1], which looked at whether people who were shot were carrying a gun at the time. It did not differentiate between criminals who were carrying illegally and law-abiding citizens who had concealed carry permits. The selection effect in such studies is clear: Many criminals who carry guns are involved in shootings. Also, many people carry guns because they are at a higher risk of being a victim of violent crime. I have yet to find a study that corrects for these confounders. 1. https://sci-hub.st/10.2105/AJPH.2008.143099 https://sci-hub.st/10.2105/AJPH.2008.143099