We have always believed that citizens should have access to the information and rights they desire. If citizens in select states want access to concealed forearms, so be it. But the rate of violent crimes has been falling almost consistently for all states for 20 years regardless of whether citizens have the right to carry concealed handguns or not.

For your proposition to work, there needs to be far greater reductions in the right to carry states versus the non-right to carry states, and that’s just not the case.

Lots of people have their own pet theories for reduced crime and insert them into the argument. Some suggest that the medical marijuana laws and efforts to make possession a civil penalty in multiple states have contributed to the reductions. I assume that you (like us) would suggest that the suggestion is silly.

We could go on for pages as to the opinions of readers with equal emphasis on both liberal and conservative views. Few, in our opinion, carry great weight.

The bottom-line is that we and the criminological community don’t have a precise list of ironclad reasons. We have our opinions for the reductions, but not proof.

Best, Adam