re: #41 A Little Bit Shady

If carrying a weapon is defensive, and part of the defence is deterrence, then what is the purpose of concealed carry?

The idea is this - in a place where CCW is allowed anyone might be armed as opposed to a place where CCW is not allowed and everyone is a defenseless sheep victim. Therefore the criminal will supposedly think that it’s too dangerous to attack anyone. Instead, in the real world, they simply have the usual “that only happens to someone else” mentality and presume some other pigeon is carrying the weapons and will run away, quickly, when proven else wise.