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[–] 23049842 ago 

I don't have any citation right now, so I take that back and say instead: "more weapons might lead to more gun-related deaths"

The reason why I believe that they will lead to more gun related deaths is the following: If everyone was armed, people still quarrel or fight from time to time (even if the prevalence of guns made them more polite) and some of the fights would lead to a gun fight if everyone had guns. These same situations wouldn't lead to gun fights if gun-carry was not allowed.

Now of course that is only true in the current situation.

If things are bad, gang wars occur and stuff like that, it's better to have a gun at home to at least have a chance to hold back attackers until the police arrives. In such a situation, owning a gun may actually reduce the number of gun-related deaths.

But anyway, I'm just guessing and I might be wrong. But tell me, what are the reasons you believe that gun-carry would not lead to more gun-related deaths?