Firearms freedom advocates have said for years that criminals aren’t nearly as inclined to pick on potential victims if they might be armed. From Patricia Tolson at The Epoch Times via zerohedge.com:
Data shows that the number of homicides in Washington State skyrocketed after Second Amendment Rights were restricted.
According to a report released July 10 (pdf), the rate of murders, violence, and property crimes rose across Washington state in 2022, while the number of law enforcement officers available to respond and protect citizens decreased.
Specifically, the report revealed there were 394 murders in 2022, an increase of 16.6 percent over 2021 and the highest number of murders since the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs (WASPC) began recording this data in 1980. In addition, homicides increased 96 percent since 2019 and violent crimes increase by 8.9 percent.
During a July 10 press briefing, WASPC Executive Director Steve Strachan said that residents are more concerned about crime because it’s starting to affect them “in a real way in their real life.”
He specifically addressed the rise in homicides, up 16.6 percent, with an all-time high number of 394 people being murdered in 2022.
“With that increase of 16.6 percent, compared to 2021 to that all-time high of 394, that is 96 percent more murders than we had in 2019,” Strachan said.
I just assume everyone is armed and proceed from there.
In a place with restrictions those without are at a disadvantage.
I’d rather have a fighting chance than already be in the losing column.
Found out that you can open carry in Red State!
Constitutional Carry passed last year and there were some with guns on the hip at the local grocery, I thought they were friends of managerial class apparatchiks or something.