Criminals prefer gun free zones. Why wouldn't they? It is almost guaranteed that the victims within the GFZ will be unarmed, and easy targets. High schools, colleges, public buildings, and even some private businesses are GFZs depending on your state laws. So what purpose does a Gun Free Zone serve? One purpose only, to keep law abiding citizens from carrying a gun in that area. Does a GFZ sign make a criminal stop and think to themselves, "Gee, I guess I am not allowed to carry my gun here, so I'll have to find another place to commit a crime."?
By examining the facts, it is clear that the ability to conceal carry actually has lowered crime rates. In states that allow their citizens the right to carry guns for self defense, total violent crime is 13% lower, homicide is 3% lower, robbery is 26% lower and aggravated assault is 7% lower. Statistically, the right to carry a firearm is even more beneficial to women. When a woman carries a gun concealed, it reduces the murder rate for women by about three to four times more than an additional man carrying a concealed handgun reduces the rate for men.
The ability to conceal a handgun legally should not stop on the campus of a college. Independent researchers and state agencies agree that concealed handgun license holders are five times less likely than non-license holders to commit violent crimes. Eleven U.S. colleges/universities that currently allow concealed carry report no incidents of gun violence, gun accidents, or gun thefts.
We need to fight for this right and to expand the number of places that legally licensed permit holders can carry. Expansion of the carry right will only serve to decrease the amount of crime in areas such as high schools, colleges/universities, and other places currently considered "sensitive areas" that criminals target as defenseless zones.
If you have a fear of those who carry concealed, just remember that more than likely you have run into the trained, licensed adults in locations such as churches, office buildings, movie theaters, Wal-Marts, grocery stores, shopping malls, restaurants, banks, and more. Have you had any negative impact from your unknown encounter? No.
2 comments:
Good content Jeremy! Glad to see another Patriot standing up for what our families have bled and died for, including my Dad, and an Uncle. Keep putting the Word out it does make a difference. Mike
Thank you AimSmall. It is people that have sacrificed for our freedoms that give my highest admiration and respect to.
Thanks for the encouragement too!
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