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Originally Posted by rebelpacket  Not true. Criminals (in general) have little to loose. A citizen with a pistol permit, has much more to loose. I'd be you most gun owners would be EXTREMELY hesitant to use their guns in a situation, simply because of the fear that if they made a bad judgement call (with the laws varying from state to state) that they'd loose the privledge to bear arms for life, or be sued for everything they own in civil court.
But if someone comes busting into my office and I hear gunshots, its a different story. If someone approaches you with a knife and says "Give me your keys", and you get jumped by three people, and they take your gun, your shit out of luck, and now they have your gun.
I own lots of guns. Its not as cut-and-dry as it may seem, no matter how much you argue it. |
sure it is... it will not prevent the criminals you are refering to...but there are different degrees of criminals... Knowing that the population is armed is a natural deterant...and will prevent a significatant number of people from commiting crimes.
I'm not saying that gun crime will stop if everyone is packing....but it will certainly decrease it...
criminals do not commit crimes they think will get them killed or arrested....not even the strung out desperate ones...they do it because they think they will get away with it. If they know that people are packing even the dumb ones know that their odds of getting away with it narrow and that in itself will prevent it crime from happening.