Cops are taught to look for trouble. I am taught to avoid trouble. However, should trouble appear, my concealed handgun and my training provide an extra-measure of safety for me and my family. In addition, any citizen or police officer set upon by criminals will find me an armed ally. I know society is safer when criminals don't know who is armed.
Surveys prove that concealed-carry laws do deter violent crimes.
If I should need it, then well and good. If I should never need it, then better still. After all, this isn't the world I grew up in. Click on the index .