I understand, but that has only been the case since mid-2010, so the number of ccw permits should be a decent indicator of the number of law abiding citizens potentially carrying prior to then. And, as shown, if the 2010 law caused the number of carrying citizens to increase five fold in less than a year - which would be an enormous, improbable increase - it still means a crazy guy's chance of encountering a carrying citizen during his rampage is minuscule.
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I just don't think that CCW laws have much to do with stopping this sort of crazy killer shooter, one way or the other.
Once again, no permit is needed for CCW in AZ. Every non-prohibited possessor above age 18 can carry concealed or openly here.
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I have a ccw permit, carry sometimes, own guns, been shooting since a small boy, etc. I think law abiding people should carry if they want to, though I'd like some reasonable level of training and screening. I just don't think that ccw has much impact on safety or crime rates except for the carrying person himself - which is all I really would care about. Add in the fact that this guy was a crazy - not real likely to be calculating the odds - and I can't see where AZ's ccw laws could have made the slightest difference here.