The first study to find a significant relationship between firearm crime and subsequent applications for, and issuance of, concealed-carry gun permits has been published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
The paper, "Firearm Violence and Effects on Concealed Gun Carrying: Large Debate and Small Effects," found there is a consistent link between violent crime—especially crimes that involve guns—and an increase in the number of people issued carry permits over two time periods examined in the study, said Jeremy Carter, an assistant professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Basically the study shows, If an area has vilonet gun crime more people apply for CCW permits. Who would of thought.


http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-02-link-violent-crime-concealed-carry-gun.html

It also appears, at least from the press release (the article is behind a very expensive pay wall), that "violent crime" is distinguished from "violent gun crime". So they count crimes where a criminal uses a gun in homicides, rapes, robbery, aggravated assault, but not the crimes in the same categories where the criminal, or multiple criminals, used a knife, baseball bat, pipe, screwdriver, fists, etc., as if no one would need or want to use a firearm to protect themselves unless their attacker(s) had a gun. A "reasonable belief in imminent grievous bodily injury" isn't limited to the attacker having a "gun", obviously. Well, obvious I guess to anyone except the "researchers" accumulating these statistics.

This is a no sh!t study.
Wouldn't anyone think that if there are crimes committed one would protect themselves?! That's common sense gun reform - empowering the citizen so no criminal f*cks with them. Easy. No need for some fancy, $$$ study by some Ivy league school.
John Lennon could've came to this same conclusion while he's watching wheels go 'round and 'round.

This is a no sh!t study.
Wouldn't anyone think that if there are crimes committed one would protect themselves?! That's common sense gun reform - empowering the citizen so no criminal f*cks with them. Easy. No need for some fancy, $$$ study by some Ivy league school.
John Lennon could've came to this same conclusion while he's watching wheels go 'round and 'round.

Hawaii citizens have the same probability of being the victims of crimes of homicide, rape, assault and robbery as they do of being in an automobile accident.

The state has laws, enforced by the state offices and county police departments, that require Hawaii citizens to have liability insurance for their vehicles in case of accident and to use seat belts for their personal safety under penalty of arrest and prosecution (if caught operating a vehicle in defiance of those laws). Automobile "safety inspections" are also required. All for "public safety".

The county police departments will not allow anyone to legally protect themselves from criminal attack outside their homes via bearing a variety of adequate arms, even though they are just as likely to be a crime victim as an automobile accident victim.

In the one case of potential harm the state mandates "safety" laws and requires payments and strict compliance or face penalties enacted by our government agencies.

In the other case of equally probable potential harm the state mandates that citizens may NOT protect themselves and demands strict compliance or face severe penalties enacted by our government agencies.

The only way those logical "discrepancies" can be reasonably reconciled is if there is a particular "agenda" that underlies the existing laws and their enforcement.