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To: LindyBill who wrote (107877)4/5/2005 12:49:51 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793939
 
you are less likely to try to rob a store in a city that allows the storeowners to carry.

Do you watch Law and Order? Is it my imagination that store owners usually have a gun under the counter? Do you think that is an inaccurate portrayal? If not, do you think the criminals don't believe that the owners have guns because the city has no carry law?

I am claiming that when people are allowed to carry, and that is known to criminals, criminals will go elsewhere to engage in their activity.

That has a certain intuitive appeal, but who knows if it's so? And who knows if people walking around packing in NYC wouldn't do more harm than good?



To: LindyBill who wrote (107877)4/5/2005 2:26:14 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 793939
 
As I mentioned, Richmond has a high black population and Virginia has concealed carry all over the state, so look at Richmond.

Maybe New Orleans and Atlanta, as Louisiana and Georgia are also concealed carry states.


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