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Originally Posted by GOPskitz
I do often carry a firearm with me, concealed illeagally. (I live in La how the hell am i gonn get a concealed carry permit?) I saw the poll and was saddened...72 percent of people do not carry a gun... If 90 percent of criminals carry a weapon and 72 percent of civilians are unarmed do you really belive that people who mean to do you harm are really gonna stop? Why should they? You have no means of defending yourself!
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The logic in the UK, which seems to work well, is that if criminals do not expect their victims to use weapons then they are less likely to shoot first and ask questions later. This, combined with far more severe criminal sentences for armed offences, seems to have a significant effect on armed crime. It may, of course, be a question of attitude as well.