I don't pack heat...

My former colleague at AEI, John Lott, wrote a book entitled More Guns, Less Crime.

Since I qualified in the USAF for a carbine and a .45 in 1956, I have not picked up a gun. I have done a lot of fishing, but never hunted. I'm not sorry about that.

But John's thesis makes sense to me.

If crooks think their potential victims have weapons --- at home or in their cars --- the thugs will be less likely to rob, mug, maim or murder.

I am suspicious of "studies" that prove what the author seeks to demonstrate.

But John shows that states with "right to carry" laws have lower rates of violent crime.

It makes sense to me.

Ben