Restrictive Concealed Weapons Laws Linked To Increase In Gun-Related Murders

When tragedies happen, politicians aim to yell on the floors of Congress about how tragedies must be stopped. And gun tragedies should be entirely preventable, claim gun ban proponents. Just ban guns. It may make sense to assume that states in which there are tight laws make that state safer and lead to less gun crime, but that data show that the very opposite is true. You can't get a concealed weapon permit in Illinois but Chicago leads the US in gun murders. In 2013, a concealed carry bill was passed, making Illinois the final state to issue concealed gun carry permits. read more

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