did your community legalize the right to concealed firearms and did the murder rate go up or down ?

Question

after it was passed?

Answer 1

yes, went down.

Answer 2

In my state of Virginia there were 503 murders the year before the General Assembly passed a law allowing for conceal-carry. That number decreased to 488 the next year, then 422, then 392, and kept decreasing until last year's number was around 388. These numbers are would probably be smaller but the lefties in DC completely restricted gun rights and the violence there sometimes spills over into NoVa. In Virginia there is a correlation equals a higher number of conceal carry permits means a lower murder rate.

Answer 3

Criminals, by definition, have no respect for the law so they aren't interested in the legalities of carrying their weapons. Further, people don't murder others simply because they're allowed to carry guns. Instead people murder people out of fear, hate, and the like. Therefore, legalizing concealed weapons is not related to the murder rate. Correlation is not causation.

Answer 4

Murder and violence always go down when a person who normally would be an unarmed victim, is able to defend himself and his loved ones. Accountability creates reason. The 2nd amendment, though written so citizens could defend itself against a tyrannical Govt. also has other benefits.

Answer 5

Our state did. A person may get a permit for CCW. However, this is the restriction for MI.

An individual licensed to carry a concealed pistol shall not possess a concealed pistol on their person or motor vehicle while they have any bodily alcohol content (.02 bodily alcohol content [BAC] or above) or a controlled substance.*


Acceptance of a CCW license constitutes implied consent to submit to a chemical test for violations of this law.


A police officer who has probable cause to believe an individual is carrying a concealed pistol and has consumed alcohol may require a chemical test of breath, blood, or urine.


An individual carrying a concealed pistol with any BAC is subject to immediate seizure of their pistol and the following penalties:

BAC of .02 - .07 = State civil infraction, $100 fine, and up to 1-year CCW license revocation.
BAC of .08 - .09 = 93-day misdemeanor, $100 fine, and up to 3-year CCW license revocation.
BAC of .10 or more = 93-day misdemeanor, $100 fine, and permanent CCW license revocation.
* This does not prohibit an individual licensed under this act to carry a concealed pistol who has any bodily alcohol content from transporting that pistol in the locked trunk of his or her motor vehicle or another motor vehicle in which he or she is a passenger or, if the vehicle does not have a trunk, from transporting that pistol unloaded in a locked compartment or container that is separated from the ammunition for that pistol or on a vessel if the pistol is transported unloaded in a locked compartment or container that is separated from the ammunition for that pistol.

Answer 6

yes and it dropped