I wish someone would do a comparison of murders in the US during the old west as compared to today. I believe you would find there were less violent crimes if we exclude whites against Indians. I think it is because most people carried guns visible on their hips. If we were allowed to carry openly so criminals can see we are armed there would be less crime. The only thing that should be hidden from criminals should be your willingness to aide and protect your neighbor. Carrying guns openly should be better to law enforcement officers as well because they would be able to see the weapon clearly and understand that everyone they approach could be armed so they will take their precautions every time they stop someone. Removing guns from law abiding citizens only aides criminals because they will know their prey is unarmed and they are not. Use your brains people and ask yourself just who it is who obeys the laws, it is clearly not the criminals. If laws alone prevent crime then there would never be any criminals. If all guns were banned there would still be criminals with guns, it would just be more difficult to protect ourselves and families.