Crime Lower in Right-to-Carry States
Gun control supporters like to say that allowing people to have guns inevitably leads to crime, and on no issue do they make that claim more consistently than on Right-to-Carry. Starting with Florida in 1987, and in each of 28 states that have adopted RTC laws since then, gun control suporters have claimed that allowing people to carry guns for protection would lead to a surge in crime.
As noted, violent crime is now at about a 30-year low. Not only that, states that have Right-to-Carry laws have, on average, lower violent crime rates than the rest of the country--total violent crime by 26 percent; murder, 31 percent; robbery, 50 percent; and aggravated assault, 15 percent.
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right to carry will reduce crime rate in states that currently oppose the law .
I totally agree with the argument that guns make you safer. They are perfectly safe in the hands of responsible, law-abiding citizens. I disagree with handgun bans because the only thing they do is give criminals an advantage by taking away the right of citizens to protect themselves.
I completely agree that the right to carry a gun does indeed make you safer, whether it is in your own home or at a college campus. I am highly aware the fear people have about the wrong kind of people being able to carry, but the truth is that there are plenty of people that have respect for firearms, and therfore will use them to protect themselves and possibly others if needed. It makes complete sense that crime would be lower in right to carry states.