The Brady Campaign against Handgun Violence lists CHL/CWP holders who have committed serious crimes. Given that, why should concealed carry be allowed?
What they won’t tell you is that the incidence of violent crime (and crime in general) committed by CHL/CWL holders is substantially lower than the rate in the general population. What else could one realistically wish for in the CHL-holder demographic? There are evil people in every demographic. As long as there are bad police officers who commit crimes, it is unfair, unrealistic, and perhaps even malicious to suggest that CHLs/CWLs are bad because some license holders commit crimes. Such groups use any sort of violent crime as evidence that guns are bad, no matter whether the perpetrator is a license holder or not. If the criminal had a CHL/CWL, that means that concealed carry is bad because background checks are not good enough. If the criminal didn’t have a license, that means there’s not enough effort to control guns in the general population. The unwritten presumption of these groups is that one firearm-related crime, or even accident, is too many. Yours truly believes that reduc
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