Understanding A Report Attempting To Paint Concealed Carriers As Killers

By Tom Knighton

In the battle for our gun rights, concealed carry will always be a contentious topic. Anti-gunners can’t fathom why someone would feel a need to carry a gun on a day to day basis unless they’re under a very clear threat or are engaged in some kind of risky behavior. Nevermind how many people are murdered going about their normal day or anything. No, they just don’t get it.

Which is fine, as far as that goes. They were not put on this earth to “get it.”

What bothers me, though, is when they try to paint us as a bunch of killers. That’s the only driving force I can see behind a report talked about by Newsweek.

Since 2007, at least 1,300 people have died at the hands of a concealed carry permit holder for reasons other than self-defense, a new analysis from the non-profit Violence Policy Center shows.

Using public reporting and information culled from some individual state databases, the center was able to compile a list of 1,335 people killed by someone who, at the time, possessed a concealed carry permit.

There are several important caveats to their analysis, including that the weapons involved were not necessarily related to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms