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Originally Posted by willravel
I have considered the idea that because a criminal doesn't know if one is or isn't carrying a weapon, he or she might avoid robbery alltogether, but crime rates do not support this. There is still plenty of crime in places where you can conceal guns. Why? Because a criminal with proper and legaql owndership of a weapon can also legally conceal a gun. That's just not safe.
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Now, this can be a good argument ONLY IF you're intended criminal does NOT have any kind of felony record. For someone with a clean record to go through the legal process of applying, training, waiting period and background check, to get a handgun before he commits the crime seems a bit farfetched. Not impossible, but highly improbable, considering he can buy the gun illegally (which you wouldn't be able to stop anyway) and commit the crime in the same day.
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