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Originally Posted by Herodotus
If I'm going to go down, I would at least like a fighting chance. I think that if criminals know that their victims could (but not necessarily do) have a concealed weapon maybe they would think twice before robbing or raping him or her. There is always the danger though of psychopaths who will kill no matter what, and also the danger that bringing a firearm into any situation could escalate it.
I like the Swiss model personally; every male serves, and everybody keeps a gun in the home. Not only that but they train regulalry with them. A nice, orderly, peaceful society---the Swiss, and I sure wouldn't want to mess with one.
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That's exactly the intent.
It's not that we want everyone to be armed and get into shootouts with crooks every day. It's the fact that the crooks just might think twice about his next enterprise if there's a possibility that he'll come out on the short end.
Criminals are humans too. By that I mean they go through the normal cost-benefit analysis before committing a crime. If the chance of getting away is 100%, I'll bet you dollar to donuts that he'll go ahead with it. If the chance drops to near zero, he'll probably move on to his next adventure.
100% of the crime not committed do not become statistics...
(variation of Wayne Gretzy's quote on shooting the puck)