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Old 07-02-14, 07:13 AM   #1
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I can think of countless small towns where nobody is packing heat and the crime rate is also zero.

Also do I really need to point out the irony of their "guns and Jesus" theme? But then this is hardly a new phenomenon.
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Old 07-02-14, 07:37 AM   #2
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I can think of countless small towns where nobody is packing heat and the crime rate is also zero.

Also do I really need to point out the irony of their "guns and Jesus" theme? But then this is hardly a new phenomenon.

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Old 07-02-14, 08:27 AM   #3
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I'd feel safe in such a restaurant
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Old 07-02-14, 09:55 AM   #4
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You can imagine what it'd be like in that restaurant if someone dropped a plate:

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Old 07-02-14, 10:21 AM   #5
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You can imagine what it'd be like in that restaurant if someone dropped a plate:

You might see a lot of hands slapping leather but, that would be about all.

Imagine the look on a robbers face if he walked in and demanded money.
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Old 07-02-14, 11:04 AM   #6
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Here's how I imagine it:

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I can think of countless small towns where nobody is packing heat and the crime rate is also zero.
Name some.
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http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...er-major-crime
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...me-3196038.php

and that was from a quick search of the internet.

None of those states have open carry laws

Most small towns in Canada have virtually no crime either, and their homicide rates per capita with firearms is over 7 times lower than here in the US. Canada has very strict gun control laws, where civilians are not permitted either concealed or open carry of any firearms.
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Old 07-03-14, 01:14 AM   #9
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And there are also strict gun controls here and most of the country is also crime free. An odd domestic murder every 2 years and some burglaries (which never happen when owners are at home).

More guns never equall less crime.
Oposite is also true.
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Thing is, a crime would never occur there. Nobody who is going to try to rob a place would ever go there. The point of a robbery is to get away with the loot. The need would never arise for anybody to use those guns.


Of course, you can't account for lunacy, and then open carry or no guns at all, there'd still be a madman running around.
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Thing is, a crime would never occur there. Nobody who is going to try to rob a place would ever go there. The point of a robbery is to get away with the loot. The need would never arise for anybody to use those guns.
If that were true then no bank which had armed guards would ever be robbed.
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I'll stick with the gun laws here in the UK thanks.
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If that were true then no bank which had armed guards would ever be robbed.
Has a bank with armed guards ever been robbed before though? If so were the guards incapacitated somehow or did they just not do their job?(Which if they're the mall cop type of armed guards I could see them panicking)
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None of those states have open carry laws.
That wasn't what you said orignally. Just because someone isn't carrying openly doesn't mean they ain't packing.
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