You're assuming the owner has to be willing to draw. They don't-- it's the diffused cultural knowledge that someone might be carrying concealed
I've heard it say that in Miami the criminals concentrate on tourists because locals might be carrying. But despite some of the most pro-gun laws, Florida is not exactly known as a low crime rate state.
And paradoxically, many states with strong laws against guns have lower crime rates that many strongly pro-gun states.
I'm pro concealed carry myself, but do not think the real world evidence supports a connection between that and lower crime rates. Perhaps if some place has a sudden radical change in gun policy some data can be extrapolated?
Similarly, it's not like in violent hell holes around the word almost everybody isn't carrying and still getting robbed and killed.
I've heard it say that in Miami the criminals concentrate on tourists because locals might be carrying. But despite some of the most pro-gun laws, Florida is not exactly known as a low crime rate state.
And paradoxically, many states with strong laws against guns have lower crime rates that many strongly pro-gun states.
I'm pro concealed carry myself, but do not think the real world evidence supports a connection between that and lower crime rates. Perhaps if some place has a sudden radical change in gun policy some data can be extrapolated?
Similarly, it's not like in violent hell holes around the word almost everybody isn't carrying and still getting robbed and killed.