If an individual shows a concealed weapon to a criminal, the individual becomes a threat and deterring further advances of the criminal. Wellford, John Pepper and Carol 120.
If criminals and proprietors of tragedies such as massacres in a certain part of the globe such as Rwanda were aware that innocent people had the means of defending themselves, the tragedies would have not happened because it would have not been easy.
The concealed weapon law is also a policy that reduces multiple victims shooting. In addition, law abiding citizen come in contact with criminals more frequently than the police and are therefore able to gun them down and reduce the level of crime as well as the criminals. Research in the state of Vermont that has the least preventive gun laws has a low rate of aggressive crime. Murder rates are low in areas where most women carry concealed weapons Siegel 43.
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On the other hand, there is the notion that criminals respond to incentives therefore research done at the county level reveals that the concealed weapons law encourages property crimes whereby the probability of the criminal coming in contact with the victim is minimized. Every individual would like to live in a safe neighborhood and since it is a human right to defend oneself from violent attack hence the need to respect the concealed weapon law.
Work cited http://edition.cnn.com/2008/U.S./04/14/campus.guns/index.html?iref=allsearch>Bohn, Kelli Arena and Kevin. "Students Want Chance to Defend Themselves." Atlanta, 2008. CNN. April 15th 2008.
