🚀 go-pugleaf

Pardon me for butting in (like I'm really sorry ;) )...

The fact is that a gun doens't have to be fired to be used.  Indeed
the majority of times a gun is used it's used as a deterrant.  It need
only be shown.  You can liken this to the way we've been holding off
the commies not by using nuclear weapons but just by showing them we
have them ready to use if need be.  You can also liken this to the
number crimes wherein a gun is used but isn't fired.  It's easy to
show *that* figure, but not the former.  

Unfortunately for anti gun control supporters there is no way to show
how many crimes are *prevented* by the mere display of a firearm.
Estimates range into the millions.  While this can't be accepted at
face value because it's a wild ass guess common sense should tell you
that there are a large number of crimes that are prevented and
unreported because of handguns.  How many ?  Who knows.  I'm sure
it's a hell of a lot and places with concealed carry laws like Florida
and places with tough gun control laws like Washington DC back my
case.