re: #387 jcm
Agreed.
But their will also be a corollary pressure. More responsible people will have and carry firearms. The chances of someone who means to do harm of running into an armed citizen will go up.
John Lott has done good work in showing that the higher the number of legal firearms, crime and incidents go down.
Have any reliable statistics been put out regarding gun violence in DC since the SCOTUS shot down (pun intended) the draconian gun restrictions there?