Concealed Carry Laws Decrease Violent Crime

We are talking about concealed carry laws in the United States of AmericaViolent Crime:"A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim. This entails both crimes in which the violent act is the objective, such as murder, as well as crimes in which violence is the means to an end, (including criminal ends) such as robbery."MY CASE1. Concealed Carry Laws Deterre CriminalsMany European nations and the US mainstream media believe that less guns means less crime. This is incorrect.Before going into crime, we should ask if concealed carry laws deterre crime. The answer is yes. Many economic studies have found that when increased punishments are given to crime, criminals may not committ the crime because the costs outweigh the benefits of committing the crime. Getting shot is a punishment for committing a crime. Many surveys conducted prove that criminals are more scared of people with guns rather than police officers. You can see a police officer, but you don't if a civilian is carrying a gun. Now let's look at something called "hot burglary". Mr. John Lott calls the act of a criminal robbing a house when a person is already at home "hot burglary". In the United States, 13% of all the burglaries were hot while in Canada and England almost half thew burglaries were hot. The reason is because people would rather go rob places were they know people have no guns (in England and Canada there are strict gun laws) rather than places were someone might own a gun (in the United States people can have guns in their houses). This proves that criminals fear guns. Concealed carry is also better than open carry. A criminal can see someone openly carry a gun, but he or she cannot see someone carrying a concealed gun. How do you know the person you are going to rob is not armed? This proves that concealed carry is better than open carry. So concealed carry threatens criminals more.2. The Data Proves that Concealed Carry Reduces CrimeThe first data from Mr. Lott, spanning from 1977-1997 shows that murder fell by 7.7%, rape fell by 5.3%, aggravated assault fell by 7.01%, robbery fell by 2.2%, burglary by .5%, larceny by 3.3%, and auto by 7.1%. [2]The second data from Mr. Lott, which is from 1999, shows that murder fell by 10% and the other crimes fell more greately as well. CCW in his later data slightly changed. [3]Let's look at some states. In PA murder fell by about 26% and overall violent crime fell by 5.6%. Mr. Lott has proved that CCW laws specifically caused this decrease. The CATO study also finds this. In FL and many other states. [1,2,3]Both murder with guns and non-guns has dropped considerably from CCW laws (9% and 8.9% respectfully). In addition, CCW laws have prevented mass shooting such as Virginia Tech and then Colorado movie theater. [1]"If those states which did not have right-to-carry concealed gun provisions had adopted them in 1992, approximately 1,570 murders; 4,177 rapes; and over 60,000 aggravate assaults would have been avoided yearly." [1] [2]The basis of the argument: ConclusionI have proven that concealed carry laws reduce crime rather than increase it through deterrence and data.Sources1. http://en.wikipedia.org...2. Lott, John R. "More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-control Laws." 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2010.3. Lott, Jr., John R., and David B. Mustard. "Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns." The Journal of Legal Studies 26.1 1997