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MotoSlashSix t1_j0wxkml wrote

Reply to comment by AllShadesObscura in Stand your ground vs Duty to retreat by LaunderMachine

I don’t know where you got that information but this is false. Open carry states do not get safer after OC passes. I lived in an open carry state for years before and after the law passed. Violent crime increased after the open carry law was passed. The same happened in Florida after SYG passed.

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AllShadesObscura t1_j0x7s0l wrote

My typing always gets horribly spell checked on these things. Please bear. Here’s a quick link. Obvious bias from Texas, but it is still something similar to what I’ve seen before. https://www.medlinfirm.com/blog/has-texas-open-carry-law-increased-gun-crimes/

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MotoSlashSix t1_j0xjk7n wrote

There has not even been a single complete calendar year since Texas passed their open carry law. This article is looking over a period of months, not years. So how does this illustrate violent crime declined when they haven’t had even a single a calendar year of data to look at? In multiple other states — including my home state — violent crime has increased since passage of open carry. More importantly, in states with open carry the violent crime rate is higher than the national average. In any event, assuming correlation is causation is s fallacy in either direction.

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