girlfriend who would have passed a background check, and the TEC-9 handgun used by them was already illegal. 4. States that allow registered citizens to carry concealed weapons have lower crime rates than those that don’t. True. The 31 states that have “shall issue” laws allowing private citizens to carry concealed weapons have, on average, a 24 percent lower violent crime rate, a 19 percent lower murder rate and a 39 percent lower robbery rate than states that forbid concealed weapons. In …

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