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No. It's that criminals think twice about robbing or raping someone if they know they are armed.

• Avshalom 14y ago
  The Swiss then do not count as an example, what with them not actually being armed in any sort of public-ish space.
  • clarky07 14y ago
    You only get robbed in public?
    • scotty79 14y ago
      Mostly http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/violent-crime/robbery http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/c...
      • clarky07 14y ago
        30% was at home, which is over 100k.
        • scotty79 14y ago
          Which is kind of surprising considering that possibility of home owner having a gun is mentioned as strong deterrent for criminals.
• gabemart 14y ago
  >No. It's that criminals think twice about robbing or raping someone if they know they are armed. Then wouldn't a more appropriate aphorism be "An armed society is a safe society"?