AlexanderA
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Carrying a gun is an advantage if you are armed and your potential adversary isn't. (This is the classic zero-sum game.) If everybody is going around armed (and we, as a society, are trending in that direction), then nobody has an advantage except to the extent they are willing to be the aggressor. (Meaning that this gives the edge to the criminals, since they are willing to shoot first.) A perception among criminals that their victims are likely to be armed raises the stakes, and may lead to more violence, not less.
This is why I said "there is too much carrying." It would be OK if carrying was restricted to the "good guys," but alas that is not the case.
This is why I said "there is too much carrying." It would be OK if carrying was restricted to the "good guys," but alas that is not the case.
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