I can see a sort of chicken and egg argument here, that guns coincide with violent crime as a reaction to that crime rather than a cause. My suspicion is that

I can see a sort of chicken and egg argument here, that guns coincide with violent crime as a reaction to that crime rather than a cause. My suspicion is that it's both reaction and cause. As to concealed carry preventing violent crime, I think there'd be little evidence for that. You can't legally brandish your firearm on people that haven't made any threat. It's up to the criminal to make that threat at a time and place of advantage. So smart criminals negate concealed carry with tactical advantage, and dumb criminals are too dumb to be afraid. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/04/28/red-states-have-higher-gun-death-rates-than-blue-states-heres-why/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/04/28/red-s...