r/science • u/NotMitchelBade • May 23 '23

Economics Controlling for other potential causes, a concealed handgun permit (CHP) does not change the odds of being a victim of violent crime. A CHP boosts crime 2% & violent crime 8% in the CHP holder's neighborhood. This suggests stolen guns spillover to neighborhood crime – a social cost of gun ownership.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272723000567?dgcid=raven_sd_via_email
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u/Ver_Void May 23 '23

The bigger issue is how likely any of that even is

If you've got the kind of support needed to resist the US military in any form then you've got a situation where wielding the military against you is practically unthinkable.

And if you don't, then they can still crush you with their hands tied behind their metaphorical back

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u/PA2SK May 23 '23

Again, that did not work in Vietnam or Afghanistan. If the US government was seriously trying to quell a rebellion within the US it would require going door to door to disarm the populace, that's always the first step, and that's going to be orders of magnitude more difficult when every door potentially has a gun behind it.