#1: if everyone still carried guns like in the old days, would the crime rate be the same?
#2 is: could todays society handle the responsibility of carrying guns like our forefathers did?
2007-05-30 08:47:06 · 5 answers · asked by jason a 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
1. It is a proved fact that(even tho the Liberal media refuses to admit it) every State that has passed a Concealed Weapon law has had a 20-30% DECREASE in violent crime, even tho less than 2% of the populace opts to carry concealed weapons. As the Dean of Science fiction once said,"An armed society is a POLITE society!"
2. Another proved fact of CWP law is that over 95% of violations of any new law are for carrying WITHOUT a CWP permit! All law-abiding CWP citizens seem to handle their responsibilities quite well.
Look and compare the violent crime rates between cities like New Yuck and Baston, where only the Privileged(and their bodyguards) can carry, and cities out West, like Phoenix, AZ where a citizen can go armed for their own defense
2007-05-30 09:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by AMAYZIN 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a lot of studies seem to show that laws which allow the carrying of concealed weapons reduces crime. especially crimes directed at the elderly, women, or others who are considered especially vulnerable. In Washington DC for example a virtual ban on guns in their entirety was enacted, crime has since risen 200%. That being said it seems that certain areas or communities are better suited to handling the allowance of guns while others do not as conflicting studies show. But to speak to the responsibility aspect, I think if one were raised with the idea that the gun is a responsibility one should learn to appreciate and respect, then they are at no disadvantage compared to our forefathers.
2007-05-30 15:52:22 · answer #2 · answered by adam c 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Somebody (I don't remember who) once said "An armed society is a polite society" In others words if you knew that nearly everybody had a gun wouldn't you be nice all the time? I would
2007-05-30 19:20:44 · answer #3 · answered by bobgorilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The west was never all that wild. Armed citizens didn't tolerate much nonsense.
2007-05-30 18:04:48 · answer #4 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely NO, it would be lower... Yes they can handle the responsibility.....
2007-05-30 16:49:07 · answer #5 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋