When "Neighborhood Watch" Gets Out of Hand

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Riot

Two guys standing their ground, with a gun involved. Now one's dead. As Big posted, "What's the real problem here?" America?

With regard to guns, I think anyone's gut instinct (myself included), would be that people carrying concealed weapons is dangerous and that this would lead to more people getting killed. That seems like a reasonable hypothesis.

However, the evidence doesn't support that hypothesis. Quite to the contrary, all the evidence I have seen shows that there is less violent crime in states after they pass laws allowing people to start carrying concealed weapons. There will obviously be some unfortunate incidents such as this case. You can't make a decision based on one incident. You have to view the overall results of what happens when a state allows people to carry concealed weapons. I think the evidence shows that the overall results are positive (there are less deaths and less violent crimes).

If you have any evidence that shows the opposite, feel free to present it.