With the battle for concealed carry starting again in Wisconsin, I'm trying to come up with arguements to bring the fence-sitters over to our side.
I'm also trying to distill the arguement down to a very basic point that nearly all would agree with. For example, "Do you think that you have the right to have a means to defend yourself, if you choose, against violent criminals?"
Over the past four years, I've listened to one side say that concealed carry reduces crime, and listened to them cite statistics. Then the other side comes back with their own statistics.
I've come to believe that the arguement that CCW reduces crime is a dead-end, and for a couple of reasons. One is that we are not in the crime-reduction business; we're just trying to defend ourselves. Another is that arguing that it reduces crime puts the burden on us to prove it and, further, paints us as cop-wannabe's.
So, any ideas you have are much appreciated.
I'm also trying to distill the arguement down to a very basic point that nearly all would agree with. For example, "Do you think that you have the right to have a means to defend yourself, if you choose, against violent criminals?"
Over the past four years, I've listened to one side say that concealed carry reduces crime, and listened to them cite statistics. Then the other side comes back with their own statistics.
I've come to believe that the arguement that CCW reduces crime is a dead-end, and for a couple of reasons. One is that we are not in the crime-reduction business; we're just trying to defend ourselves. Another is that arguing that it reduces crime puts the burden on us to prove it and, further, paints us as cop-wannabe's.
So, any ideas you have are much appreciated.