The passionate anti gun crowd would have folks believe that heightened momentum nationally toward open carry and concealed carry laws is 1) merely a ploy on the part of the firearms industry to sell more product and/or 2) an open invitation to more, rather than less, violent crime. Statistics lend a certain credence -- if not outright cause and effect -- to the former contention, but a recent report published by (of all people) the gang at MSNBC.com thoroughly disputes the latter notion. In the past decade, as more and more states liberalized gun laws in favor of open carry and concealed carry permits, the rate of firearm related homicides has fallen -- and dramatically so -- rather than risen.
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